Since 2007, Cao has radically focused her work on Second Life, an online space that virtually mimics “the real world” and includes everything from the expression of ideas to economic investment. Referring to China’s modernization and its capitalist and utopic visions, RMB City explores the ways in which global communication impacts imagination, values, and ways of life. By appropriating virtual reality, Cao opens up a new frontier in the field of art production that surpasses conventional materiality and invites collaboration and exchanges with her public and clients.