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July 12, 2004
The Zhen of Globe-trotting
7/12/2004 10:20:36 PM | Shenzhen University Hostel, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China
I just flew in to Shenzhen tonight. Across a bay from Hong Kong, Shenzhen was a small fishing community about 20 years ago when my dad last visited. Today, it is China's most developed city. I could feel and smell (yes, smell) the difference when I landed at the airport, and then again when some people from Shenzhen University came to drive me. Shenzhen was the first bubble of capitalism in communist China, designated a special economic zone by Deng Xiaoping. Which is one of the reasons I need to sign off now. Everything, including modem-based Internet, is uber-expensive here (though still much better than the US).
Posted by rxu at July 12, 2004 11:27 PM