Quality of Life: Hong Kong vs Shenzhen
From mid 2008 to the end of 2010 I lived in Shenzhen before moving to Hong…
Category: Shenzhen
Special Economic Zone (China SEZ)
Chinese Megacities Timelapse
Living inside one of China’s behemoth cities is a humbling experience, such is the enormity of…
Sha Tau Kok Border Town
Under the principle of “one country, two systems”, Hong Kong is defined as a Special Administrative…
A Walk Through Nantou
Shenzhen is one of the most modern cities in China, having rapidly developed over the past…
Two Years in Five Minutes
The last few weeks have been pure madness. After Christmas my plan was to return to Shenzhen…
Hua Cheng Bei Electronics Market
Shenzhen is generally regarded as the epicenter of the world’s electronics industry with most of the worlds…
Goodbye 2010-SZ, Hello 2011-HK
As 2011 begins the time for reflection and change is upon us again. 2010 was a…
Shenzhen Fringe + PechaKucha Vol. 5
Last weekend Shenzhen opened its first Fringe festival centered around Coastal City in Nanshan (where I live)…
Shenzhen Update: Earthquakes & More
It’s been a while since I wrote anything about life in Shenzhen so I thought I’d…
When It Rains, It Pours
For the last few weeks in Shenzhen we’ve been experiencing bouts of torrential rain almost daily…
Dim Sum Surprise
I was having lunch at Jin Yue Xuan 金悦轩 dim sum restaurant in Futian (Shenzhen) recently when…
Is Foxconn Skynet?
Foxconn is the largest manufacturer of electronics worldwide and companies like Apple and Dell contract them…