Category: China
BEST MEAL SO FAR LONGCHUAN RESTAURANT SHENZHEN It all started with a call from our friend Subroto, an eccentric Indonesian-Chinese, who for many years wandered China in search of …
Fraser Place Fraser is well known around the world for providing serviced apartments at a reasonable price and this is one of their two Shenzhen ventures. In Shenzhen Fraser …
EXIT: GETTING FROM SHENZHEN CBD TO HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT Many hotels have direct buses to the airport, via Huanggang Checkpoint or Shenzhen Bay Bridge checkpoint. Otherwise you can …
ENGLISH LANGUAGE NEWSPAPERS ShenzhenParty.com http://www.ShenzhenParty.com With a hat tip to the publisher of this book, the most popular English language website for keeping up-to-date with Shenzhen’s social scene, particularly …
A protected, wetlands reserve not far from Shenzhen CBD with a pathway at the edge of the sea, Mangrove Forest National Park. As we write this we are sitting …
Public Holidays New Year’s Day: 1st January Chinese New Year: 1-3rd day of 1st lunar month, usually late January or early February Qing Ming Festival Tomb sweeping day: Usually …
HISTORICAL SITES It’s a new city but it also has a past, often related to the great Chinese migrations of the thirteenth century. See: Chiwan Scenic Spot Chi Wan: …
TO AND FROM OTHER PARTS OF CHINA BY TRAIN One of the odd romantic things about Shenzhen is that in theory you can go to the railway station and …
Cruise Inn Hotel This is the hotel in the Minghua cruise liner permanently moored at Seaworld under Deng Xiaoping’s calligraphy. We talk quite a bit about the history of …
SHENZHEN DAILY The local English language newspaper is the Shenzhen Daily and if you are staying in Shenzhen we strongly recommend that you buy a copy each morning, for …