Forty years ago Shenzhen was a backwater town with a population of 20'000 and little industry or agriculture. Beijing was happy to keep it that way for fear its proximity to colonial Hong Kong made it a security threat. But after Deng Xiaoping's...
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Forty years ago Shenzhen was a backwater town with a population of 20'000 and little industry or agriculture. Beijing was happy to keep it that way for fear its proximity to colonial Hong Kong made it a security threat. But after Deng Xiaoping's reforms the town developed rapidly and is arguably surpassing Hong Kong as China's leading city for industry and technology.
