Introduction
Cultural policy as negotiation of power: the Chinese state's role and strategies in its tug-of-war with global Hollywood
The debate about Hollywood
The film industry as negotiation of space
Artistic and critical cinema under a triple threat: marketization, Hollywoodization, and state censorship
Chinese martial arts cinema in the twenty-first century: hybridity and soft power
Conclusion: the Chinese state, Hollywood, and postsocialist modernity.