Born in Guangzhou, the beating heart of the special economic zone, Cao has matured into a mordant critic of China's headlong economic development and
environmental squalor; gleaming apartment blocks are haunted by zombies, and even the most intimate relations are governed by the almighty renminbi.
Credit where credit is due, George has finally grasped the fact that human and
environmental interests are at odds with one another, and that the consequences of putting humans second are
squalor and misery.