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Acknowledgements This study is supported by Social Science Foundation 2015 (15ZDB023), "Major Issues in Contemporary Aesthetics and Criticism" ("Dangdai meixue de jiben wenti ji piping xingtai yanjiu" 当代美学的基本问题及批评形态研究). I also benefited a great deal from the suggestions, debates, and criticisms of the panelists of the 2014 ACLA Panel, "Reimagining Capital in Postsocialism."
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