Barbara Pollack, a writer on the contemporary art scene, examines the inner workings of China's art market, which she believes will be the superpower of the international art scene. Speaking of recent high prices fetched by works by Chinese contemporary artists at international auctions, she states 'A boom of this magnitude requires distinctive artists and eager collectors with cash to burn. China has both'. Saying that 'Even as late as 2002, none of this seemed possible', Pollack chronicles recent developments of the contemporary art district Factory 798 in Beijing and documents how some of the leading Chinese artists reached the international art scene without help of gallery representation. On the subject of censorship, she notes 'Yet the feeling of suppression has definitely subsided. Many believe that the Chinese government simply has bigger concerns: the Internet and movies - mass culture that more people see and are influenced by than contemporary art'. Interviewing the younger generation of Chinese artists, Pollack concludes that 'Young Chinese artists are free to think as selfishly as anyone who wields a paintbrush in Brooklyn or on the Lower East Side. It seems that the Chinese government has managed to defuse the explosive potential of contemporary art simply by allowing it to flourish.'