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Shenzhen Travel

editor — Sun, 02 Apr 2017 03:12:00 +0000

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 establishment of the SEZ, the total floor area of buildings in Shenzhen had increased 15 fold to 1.95 million sq. m.. Between 1982 and 1996 the total number of multi-storey buildings rose from 1 to 237, and, the number of major construction projects from 46 to 600. Most impressive of these early construction projects was the International Trade Tower, until about ten years ago the very centre of the city. By

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Shenzhen Map Tourist Attractions

editor — Fri, 31 Mar 2017 05:00:00 +0000

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 a roof supported by silos in bright primary colours The City Library and Concert Hall Shenzhen Tu Shu Guan, Yin Yue Ting: one wall solid black granite, the other wall covered in great folds of glass Poly Theatre Bao Li Ju Yuan: a large silver egg Diwang Building Di Wang Da Sha: one of the world’s three tallest buildings when it was built. Not just tall slim, elegant and stylish with

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Visit to Shenzhen

editor — Wed, 29 Mar 2017 20:00:00 +0000

ORIENTATION LOCATION Shenzhen is located in the south of Guangdong Province, its southern districts hugging the Hong Kong border. On the map, the SEZ forms a long narrow ribbon of 49 km from Mirs Bay in the east to the mouth of the Pearl River in the west. Most of Shenzhen is within 25 km of the Hong Kong border. The city area is 2,020 sq. km. 780 square miles. You will often hear people referring to inside the zone or outside the zone. Because, originally, only a small proportion of the city was actually within the Special Economic Zone.

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Shenzhen Travel Destinations

editor — Tue, 28 Mar 2017 11:00:00 +0000

SOUTHERN SONG DYNASTY The events surrounding the end of the Southern Song Dynasty thirteenth century are well known in relation to the history of Hong Kong. As the Mongol armies overran the Southern Song Kingdom the country known to Marco Polo as Manzi Marco was in China at this time, the royal family fled and found refuge in the Hong Kong area. The last Southern Song Emperor was drowned off Chiwan where his grave still stands. You can read about this in the body of the book. One of the Emperor’s courtiers left a lasting mark on the area and

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Shenzhen Guide for Tourist

editor — Sun, 26 Mar 2017 23:00:00 +0000

HISTORICAL SKETCH EARLY HISTORY The history of Shenzhen is the history of a county, or prefecture, bounded in the north by the East River and stretching to the Hong Kong islands in the south. It has been known variously as Dongguan, Bao’an and Xin’an. Its administrative headquarters have moved between Dongguan, north of modern Shenzhen, and Nantou in the east of the modern city. Shenzhen village only became the administrative centre of the area in 1953 when the closure of the Hong Kong border made the railway an area of strategic importance. The area comes into Chinese history in about

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Travel to Shenzhen

editor — Fri, 17 Mar 2017 07:20:00 +0000

THE NAME “SHENZHEN The name Shenzhen means deep drainage ditches. The zhen in Shenzhen refers to the ditches that take the water away from paddy fields. Zhen is not a place name that occurs with any frequency in deep antiquity, but today it is relatively common. It occurs in a limited area of Southern China. The area and the historical occurrence of place names incorporating the word zhen are compatible with a name brought by refugees fleeing south from the Khitan, Jurchen and Mongol invasions which occurred in North China after the fall of the Tang Dynasty at around 1000

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Shenzhen

editor — Thu, 16 Mar 2017 08:10:00 +0000

Discover Shenzhen before everyone else does. Few foreigners visit this mega-city. Chinese visit it by the millions each year. Chinese regard Shenzhen as one of the four major Chinese cities, together with Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou. Shenzhen is unique. In our globalized times, with much of the world shrinking and becoming homogeneous, Shenzhen is different from any other place you will ever visit. A city of 14 million people and a place where the average age is 27, Shenzhen attracts people from all over China who come, like Dick Whittington to London, seeking streets paved with gold. Combined with neighbouring

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Shenzhen Map

editor — Tue, 07 Mar 2017 15:40:00 +0000

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: the tomb of the last Emperor of the Southern Song Dynasty: see also China’s greatest Tin Hau Temple Tian Hou Gong: . The great eunuch admiral Zheng He who sailed the Indian Ocean in the fifteenth century inspired its construction. Xin’an Nantou Ancient City Nan Tou Xin’an Gu Cheng: site of a city since the fourth century and the military command centre at the mouth of the Pearl River. See a

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SHENZHEN GUANGDONG MAP

editor — Thu, 02 Mar 2017 22:12:00 +0000

Fietser Corporate Residence With serviced apartments, Fietser International Residences in Futian, is in Xiang Mi Hu Honey Lake, a central part of Futian and the prime commercial and financial area. Close to the Xiang Mi Hu metro with lots of restaurants and one of the best Shenzhen eat streets, Fietser Residence is a good place to stay if you are in Shenzhen for an extended stay or looking for somewhere in Futian for the family to stay while house-hunting. 6012 Shennan Avenue Futian 0755 82928666 NANSHAN The Venice Hotel Shenzhen The Venice is well known as a major luxury hotel

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