The Shenzhen Experiment : : The Story of China's Instant City / / Juan Du.
A rural borderland just forty years ago, today Shenzhen is a city of twenty million and a technology hub. This success is attributed to its status as a Special Economic Zone, but no other SEZs compare. Juan Du looks to the past to understand why. It turns out that Shenzhen is no prefab "instant...
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| Year of Publication: | 2020 |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction: The Myth of Shenzhen
- PART I. NATIONAL RELEVANCE
- 1. Song for "The Story of Spring"
- 2. The "Southern Tours" That Changed China
- PART II. REGIONAL HISTORY
- 3. Gateway City to the South China Sea
- 4. Oysters of the Pearl River Delta
- PART III. CITY CONSTRUCTION
- 5. Towers by the Hong Kong Border
- 6. Nail House on "Wall Street"
- PART IV. DISTRICT TRANSFORMATION
- 7. Corporate Village in the Central Business District
- 8. "Slum" in the High-Tech Garden City
- Conclusion: City of Critical Experimentation
- Notes
- Acknowledgments
- Illustration Credits
- Index