SHUITOUSHA BEACH SHENZHEN
Mid August. Yet another typhoon is bearing down and this time it looks like a direct hit on Shenzhen’s coast. In accordance with the prescribed rules, all haze suddenly …
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GUAN SHANYUE GALLERY SHENZHEN
The Guan Shanyue Art Gallery is dedicated to the works of Guan Shanyue, a master of the Lingnan school of Chinese painting. Lingnan south of the ranges was a …
SHENZHEN WEATHER MAP
Protestant Church in Shenzhen Meilin Christian Church One of the largest churches is the Meilin Christian Church in Futian. The church building is massive and built to resemble Noah’s …
Shenzhen Travel
SHENZHEN AFTER 1979 First and most obviously there were the buildings. In 1979 the tallest building in Shenzhen was a five storey military barracks. Within three years of the …
SHENZHEN INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION CENTRE
The Shenzhen International Exhibition Centre is vast a huge multifunction hall, nine separate exhibition halls and several convention halls. We have to admit to a liking for both commercial …
Shenzhen Vacations
SHENZHEN IN MODERN TIMES But the Shenzhen area was never really at the centre of Chinese history. Especially after the Opium Wars it was a backwater, not even a …
Traveling in Shenzhen
LANGUAGE Shenzhen is an almost purely Mandarin speaking city. It is an immigrant city whose people come from all over China and who use Mandarin as their daily language. …
CENTRAL PARK AND BIJIA MOUNTAIN PARK SHENZHEN
Central Park is Shenzhen’s biggest park. It is right in the middle of the city between Huaqiang Rd and the Central Futian axis. It runs from almost the border …
SHENZHEN LIBRARY AND CONCERT HALL
This magnificent building, designed by Japanese architect Arata Isozaki, opened to the public in 2006. It contains Shenzhen’s central library and Concert Hall/Theatre. Isozaki was commissioned to build the …
Shenzhen Map Tourist Attractions
Some of the world’s great architects work in Shenzhen. See: Shenzhen Civic Centre Shi Min Zhong Xin: half a mile of glass podium covered by a great wing of …