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Shenzhen (Chinese: 深圳市; pinyin: Shēn zhèn) is located in southern China's Guangdong province, situated immediately north of Hong Kong. Owing to China's economic liberalization under the policies of Deng Xiaoping, the area became China's first—and ultimately most successful—Special Economic Zone.
Shenzhen's modern cityscape is the result of the vibrant economy made possible by rapid foreign investment since the late 1970s, when it was a small fishing village. Since then, foreign nationals have invested more than US$30 billion for building factories and forming joint ventures. Shenzhen is now one of the fastest growing cities in the World. Being southern China's major financial centre, Shenzhen is home to the Shenzhen Stock Exchange as well as the headquarters of numerous high-tech companies. Shenzhen is also the second busiest port in mainland China, ranking only after Shanghai. - Wikipedia (edited)
The phenomenal growth transforming in just about twenty years a poor fishing village one is not supposed to see (pictures in the gallery below) into China’s richest city, a city of ~10 million souls, has brought blocks of flats one after the other, growing like concrete mushrooms everywhere there is room for it, that is everywhere. Shenzhen is a rather ugly city with a high imbalance of wealth and poverty, prostitution and a high crime rate.
Constantly changing, Shenzhen has also seen the recent development of a new sea resort, Dameisha, which even if not pretty—see the statues on the beach for instance, is far more pleasant than the city itself.
You will find in this gallery pictures of Shenzhen and Dameisha. |
