Visual culture in contemporary china paradigms and shifts by xiaobing tang cambridge cambridge university press 2015 xii 276 pp illustrations us3499 cloth isbn 978 1 107 44637 3 pacific affairs 894 december 2016. Download citation visual culture in contemporary china paradigms and shifts exploring a wealth of images ranging from woodblock prints to oil paintings this beautifully illustrated full . Contemporary chinese visual culture is too complex to be understood in terms of a simple binary of government propaganda and dissident art and that new ways 978 1 107 08439 1 visual culture in contemporary china paradigms and shifts xiaobing tang frontmatter more information. Visual culture in contemporary china paradigms and shifts get access xiaobing tang argues that contemporary chinese visual culture is too complex to be understood in terms of a simple binary of government propaganda and dissident art and that new ways must be sought to explain as well as appreciate its multiple sources and enduring . Exploring a wealth of images ranging from woodblock prints to oil paintings this beautifully illustrated full color study takes up key elements of the visual culture produced in the peoples republic of china from its founding in 1949 to the present day in a challenge to prevailing perceptions xiaobing tang argues that contemporary chinese visual culture is too complex to be understood in