China Stocks Plunge to Two-Year Low on Tariff Threat; Yuan Sinks
China’s benchmark equity gauge tumbled to a two-year low and the yuan weakened as a worsening trade dispute with the U.S. spurred panic selling. Bonds gained.
Take a Look around Huawei’s Headquarters in China
It’s several minutes before noon on a Thursday afternoon at Huawei’s headquarters.
China Steps up Battle against Property Bubble
Big cities escalate efforts to curb the soaring prices that are stoking anger
Bring Back Jobs from China? In Shenzhen, They Aren’t That Worried
As Trump presses companies on U.S. manufacturing, the city that became the globalization poster child has learned to adapt to economic shifts
Chinese Official Vows Punishment Over Shenzhen Landslide
Ma Xingrui expressed remorse during a televised news conference five days after dirt and waste smothered buildings and buried 75 people.
China Restricts Travel By Shenzhen Residents To Hong Kong
The move is designed to assuage Hong Kongers angry with mainlanders who buy up goods.
Labor Movement ‘Concertmaster’ Tests Beijing’s Boundaries
When local officials warned striking shoe factory workers in China's Pearl River Delta this summer that they were breaking the law, a slight, bespectacled figure barely 5 feet 5 inches (1.65 meters) tall faced them down.
"Where is the law...
Caixin Media
06.03.13
Trading Companies and the Business of Illusion
Last year, the owner of an export-processing company whom we will call Lin Minyao learned of an easy way to make money in Shenzhen, the port city next to Hong Kong.
Like his fellow traders, Lin said he could set up two shell companies, one...
Instant City
In the district of Bao’an in Shenzhen, thousands of laborers live in a makeshift city of prefabricated dormitories beside the hulking, mile-long steel shell of what will soon be the city’s newest airline terminal.
Books
03.22.13
Pressures and Distortions
Pressures and Distortions looks at the design, building, and interpretation of cities from the point of view of their residents.The cities chronicled in depth include examples from China (Shanghai and Shenzhen), Latin America (Bogotá and Mexico City), and Indonesia (Banda Aceh). Shorter sections cover Lima and Rio de Janeiro. The authors show how residents respond creatively to environmental disaster, poverty, housing shortages, and surging urban population. They also show how governments, international relief agencies, architects, and planners can shape better urban environments.
Photo Gallery
02.12.13
Welcome to Wuwucun, a Village in the City
Tucked amidst the factories and shops of of the Longgang district of the southern boomtown of Shenzhen sits a handful of narrow Qing Dynasty lanes collectively called Wuwucun, after the original Hakka minority Wu clan who established the village...
Xi Jinping heads to Shenzhen on first inspection trip
It is a move political observers say pays tribute to the famous southern tour of Deng Xiaoping in 1992 and sends a signal of commitment to deepening reform. A Shenzhen propaganda official said Xi, who will succeed Hu Jintao as president in March...
Sinica Podcast
09.10.10
Showdown in Shenzhen
from Sinica PodcastOn September 6, Shenzhen celebrated the thirtieth anniversary of its founding as a special economic zone (SEZ). And while the city feted itself at the highest levels of power, its celebrations were marred by an unexpected development: in a speech...