Dr. Minna Valjakka holds a Title of Adjunct Professor of Art History and Asian Studies at the University of Helsinki.Dr. Meiqin Wang is Professor of Art History at California State University, Northridge.

• LIST OF FIGURES, ENGAGEMENT WITH THE URBAN: VISUAL ARTS AS A FORM OF CULTURAL ACTIVISM IN CONTEMPORARY CHINA PART I: REPRESENTATIONS CHAPTER 1 FROM SIDEWALK REALISM TO SPECTRAL ROMANCE: YANG LINA’S BEIJING AND BEYOND CHAPTER 2 URBAN HISTORY FROM BELOW: THE ARTWORKS OF ZHANG DALI, JIN FENG AND DAI GUANGYU CHAPTER 3 THE TRANSIENT CITY: URBAN TRANSFORMATION IN CHINESE CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHY CHAPTER 4 SHADOW OF THE SPECTACULAR: PHOTOGRAPHING SOCIAL CONTROL AND INEQUALITY IN URBAN CHINA CHAPTER 5 CHINA DREAMING — REPRESENTING THE PERFECT PRESENT, ANTICIPATING THE ROSY FUTURE PART II: URBAN INTERVENTIONS CHAPTER 6 URBAN INSERTION AS ARTISTIC STRATEGY: THE BIG TAIL ELEPHANT WORKING GROUP IN 1990S GUANGZHOU CHAPTER 7 CAO FEI’S ‘MAGICAL METROPOLISES’ CHAPTER 8 RELOCATING FURTHER OR STANDING GROUND? UNOFFICIAL ARTISTS AND INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS IN THE BEIJING PERIPHERY CHAPTER 9 OUT OF SERVICE: MIGRANT WORKERS AND PUBLIC SPACE IN BEIJING CHAPTER 10 TRANSLOCAL SITE-RESPONSIVENESS OF URBAN CREATIVITY IN MAINLAND CHINA.