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In order to realize his Shen- [QWVJ]aQVOQV\W\PM;PMVbPMV,ZMIU bPMVLZMIUPMUISM[\PMNWTTW_QVOKITK]TI\QWV["5a UWV\PTa[ITIZaQ[a]IV)N\MZXIaQVOZMV\MTMK- trical and water bills, miscellaneous costs as well as X]ZKPI[QVONWWL1PI^Ma]IV<PQ[a]IV can be saved or it can be spent on social activities and LM[QZMLWJRMK\[<PQ[Q[_PMZM\PMIKKW]V\QVO·QVITT senses of the word – begins. Accounting Q[ KWUXW[ML WN Å^M QV\MZZMTI\ML [MK\QWV[ \PI\ZMILI[XIOM[NZWU\PMTQNMWN \PI\aW]VOUQOZIV\ IVLPQ[]X_IZLTaUWJQTMNZQMVL[ ?*(*&>6)!>,,-+&( “This has to be a man’s budget. No woman can get On October 20, 2013, CZC hosted one-man band, Ja_Q\PW]\\WQTM\ZQM[WZ[VIKS[º[WUM\PQVO 8M\MZ5W[MZ_PWJZW]OP\more music\W*IQ[PQbPW] entrepreneur who grew up in Shenzhen. 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Most impor- 0WWZIa of an unpaid grandmother, for example, is to create ^IT]MJaXZW^QLQVO]VXIQLKPQTLKIZM[W\PI\JW\PNI- In the installation Baishizhou Superhero4Q]?MQ¼[XTIa- \PMZ[IVLUW\PMZ[KIVRWQV\PMOMVLMZMLTIJWZNWZKM ful cartoon characters transform Handshake 302 I[LMTQ^MZaUMVWZ_IQ\ZM[[M[ into a magic telephone booth. Visitors step into the space and through the power of a photo stand in <PM¹[]XMZXW_MZºWN ITT*IQ[PQbPW]UQOZIV\[Q[ become one of seven possible urban village superhe- in fact, the power to sell their labor on an unregu- ZWM[·5M\PIVM5IV?WVLMZ/ZIVVa;\QZ.Za.Ta lated market for as long as their bodies hold out. A \PM)UIbQVO*MMZ*IJM>QTTIOM/]IZLQIV;]XMZ popular expression maintains that migrant workers Dog, or Cat-a-go-go. 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