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Thoughts on Shenzhen’s New New Districts: Longhua and Dapeng
This past week, when the Center brought the country’s 3,300 provincial, municipal, and county members of the Politics and Law Committee (政法委) to Beijing to learn ”what to do and how to do … Continue reading
南岭村：even after death our ashes won’t return…
Episode 4 of the Transformation of Shenzhen Villages focuses on Nanling Village, which became famous throughout the country as the “争气村 (hardworking village)”. Nanling’s [Shenzhen] story begins in 1979 with … Continue reading
1995－2005: Keywords in Shenzhen real estate
Much of Shenzhen’s informal history is, unsurprisingly perhaps, being written on blogs and weibo. However, websites dedicated to real estate, ranging from analysis to agency offerings are not usually considered … Continue reading
of smog, environmental and political
As the Universiade closed, Shenzhen’s clear skies and bright sun caused a friend to jokingly speculate that, “Even Heaven is cooperating with the Municipal Government [to put on a great … Continue reading
Face Engineering Projects – 面子工程
I’ve learned a new expression, face engineering projects (面子工程), which I understand to mean large scale social mobilization that is just for show and will vanish with the project’s intended … Continue reading
cultural homogenization in shenzhen. and not.
Most discussions of Shenzhen emphasize that as an immigrant city, Shenzhen is a Mandarin speaking outpost of national culture in the midst of Guangdong Province. However, this description glosses over … Continue reading
shenzhen administrative structure
I’ve been making charts to organize my thinking. Below is an organizational chart of Shenzhen, circa 2010. Also, a simplified version of the organizational relationship between the Central government and … Continue reading
earthly abstractions
Coming into Shenzhen on the Tianjin-Shenzhen train, I heard a broadcast about the City’s historic importance and sites of touristic interest. Nothing out of the ordinary, until the broadcast introduced … Continue reading
my hope for the new year
DSCF1379 Originally uploaded by maryannodonnell I have been thinking about the contradictions that shape human lives and how, in turn, those lives are the environment for others – human, animal, … Continue reading
New Districts defined!
brief post on shenzhen´s ongoing redistricting because i know what´s ¨new¨ about shenzhen´s two new districts (新区), guangming and pingshan. shenzhen´s two new districts are not ¨districts¨ in the strict … Continue reading
