Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Abbreviations ix
4. Introduction: China’s most valued commodity 1
5. 1 • cultural bloom, cultural boom 34
6. 2 • Hot money capitalism 59
7. 3 • Taking back the forest 84
8. 4 • Worst-case conservation 106
9. 5 • Speculating in species 134
10. 6 • Pluralizing environmentalism 156
11. Conclusion: global Chinas of past and present 180
12. Notes 203
13. Acknowledgments 233
14. Index 237