Shenzhen

Definitions

A major subprovincial city of Guangdong, in southeastern China.

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“Encyclopædia Britannica In 1979 Shenzhen was a small border⟳ city of some 30,000 inhabitants that served as a customs stop⟳ into mainland China from Hong Kong.”

“Over the next two years, China set⟳ up four “special economic zones” as testing grounds for free-enterprise practices like⟳ foreign investment and tax incentives. The largest zone was Shenzhen, about fifty miles south of Dongguan, which quickly became a symbol of a freewheeling China always open⟳ for business. Shenzhen was a planned showcase city, willed into being by leaders in Beijing and supported by government ministries and the companies under them.”

“The tiny 0.8-square-kilometer Luohu District was where the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone really got off to a good start⟳.”

“The blockage of the Suez Canal in March⟳? No, there is another disruption in global shipping. This time, the problem lies in Shenzhen, a sprawling metropolis adjacent to Hong Kong in southeastern China.”

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