“…Finally, privatization in the course of primitive accumulation and/or 'accumulation by dispossession' -with China an example for Harvey (2003) of the latter -is emphasized by, among others, Buck (2007), with reference to new 'urban-to-rural subcontracting patterns and conventions', Walker and Buck (2007), also with a mostly urban focus, and Webber (2008Webber ( , 2012, with a focus on the privatization of ('rural') Township and Village Enterprises (TVEs) since the 1990s (see also Zhan). Webber (2008, 315) concludes that primitive accumulation in China 'does not have one motive, does not simply reflect class interests, is not a particular case of a global capitalist project; it is instead, complex, particular and localised -a mix of dispossession for economic reasons, dispossession for other reasons, and market-led processes'.…”