Here’s a solid group of recommendations for further study of contemporary Chinese photography I received from an expert on recent Chinese art:

Exhibition catalogues
Between Past and Present: New Photography and Video from China (2004 ICP, site here)
Foto Fest China 2008 (site here)
China under Construction (Amazon link here)
Zooming into Focus (UCLA Asia Institute 2004, site here)

Gallery
Three Shadows Photography Art Centre (site here)
Called “the most important place for photography in China”. I can’t vouch for that, but it is surely a strong endorsement nonetheless. There is a show of Ai Weiwei’s photographs from New York in the 1980s and 1990s on display now.