i have just published two companion pieces on theatre in shenzhen. the first, “Attracting the World’s Attention (举世瞩目): The Cultural Supplement in Shenzhen Municipality” looks at the uses and abuses of theatre in shenzhen. it was published in positions: east asian cultures critique 14:1 (Spring 2006), 67-97. the second, “The Ambiguous Possibilities of Social- and Self-Transformation in Late Socialist Worlds, or, What the Fox Might Have Said about Inhabiting Shenzhen” analyzes an earlier fat bird piece that was made in collaboration with kuo jinghong. it can be found in TDR: The Drama Review Volume 50, Number 4 (T 192), Winter 2006, 96-119.