Fieldwork to shoot these Works in Progress was made possible by funding from the Australian Research Council, under the following grants:

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Laureate Fellowship, "Informal Life Politics in the Remaking of Northeast Asia," Tessa Morris-Suzuki (CI), FL120100155 , 2013 – 2018.

Discovery Award, "Business – Local State Relationships in China," Andrew Kipnis (1st CI) and Tom Cliff (2nd CI), DP140101289, 2014 – 2017.

Discovery Early Career Researcher Award,  "Welfare Entrepreneurs and Paradoxes of Social Control in Rural China," Tom Cliff (CI), DP180100622, 2018 – 2021.