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Shenzhen experiences realty rip-off
China Daily - China
By Hu Yuanyuan (China Daily) Business circles in Shenzhen were stunned when they heard Zhongtian Real Estate Evaluation Co, one of the country’s top-100 …

China B-shares end morning lower led by property stocks - UPDATE
Forbes - NY,USA
The Shanghai B-share Index fell 4.94 points or 1.39 pct to 351.02 while the Shenzhen B-share Index was down 16.44 points or 2.39 pct at 670.95. …

Aecom takes over architectural design company in Shenzhen
China Knowledge Online - Singapore
CityMark, Shenzhen’s largest private-owned design company, has designed many famous buildings including Da Meisha Sheraton Hotel in Shenzhen.

Shenzhen port passes 20 million box mark
Cargonews Asia - Hong Kong
Shenzhen in south China handled more than 20 million TEUs by mid-December and it strives to climb the world’s container throughput ladder. …

Great Wall Technology to Purchase Stakes in Iomega
Trading Markets (press release) - Los Angeles,CA,USA
As ExcelStor Group, which is partly owned by Shenzhen Kaifa Technology, holds 23% stakes in IOM, Shenzhen Kaifa Technology would indirectly hold 7.67% …

LCD upgrades boost promotion effectiveness
Global Sources - Singapore
Similarly, Shenzhen Q-ying Gifts & Toys Co. Ltd’s latest models are fitted with 35×19mm screens and can flash alternating photos. …

US architecture, engineering tycoon acquires Chinese CityMark
Xinhua - China
Established in Shenzhen in 1998, CityMark has become a rising star in China’s architectural design and building engineering industries with notable projects …

The passion and enthusiasm of Confucian Asia
On Line opinion - Australia
A recent visit to Shenzhen, which was untouched rice paddy fields on the way to Mao’s Beijing in 1976, brings home the productivity of such passion and …

Chinese stocks recover on Fri boosted by favorable policies
China Knowledge Online - Singapore
The Shenzhen Component Index on the smaller Shenzhen Stock Exchange surged 2.8% to 16483.5 points. The combined trading turnover on the two bourses shrank …

BYD Electronic completes difficult IPO
FinanceAsia - Hong Kong
The company currently has one outstanding lawsuit against BYD in Shenzhen and one in Hong Kong where it is also seeking damages for losses suffered. …

Blogs mentioning Shenzhen:

TEACH MATH IN SHENZHEN! 8000-10000 RMB\month ASAP
Job 20: School in Baoan, Shenzhen. (GXZZY) 8000-10000 RMB\month for teaching Math. 16-22 classes\week.

Patent Lawyer - Shenzhen based
Title: Patent Lawyer - Shenzhen based; Company: Michael Page International; Experience: >5; CT Job Ref: 3013983-01#17; Date Posted: Mon, 17 Dec 2007.

3 Essential Places To Visit In Shenzhen, China
By Travel(Travel)
Shenzhen’s incredibly fast growth is the reason travel books are out of date, and perhaps Hong Kong people’s snobbishness about the city stems from a certain fear and envy of this shiny wealth center on their doorstep! …

Andy encourage photographer JC and The Warlords craze in Shenzhen
By Leonard(Leonard)
Many Hong Kong singers had their albums photographs taken by photographer JC, recently a group of friends help him to prepare Awakening Photography Exhibition which will be held from tomorrow till 4 January 2008 in Central. …

TEACH MATH IN SHENZHEN! 8000-10000 RMB\month for teaching Math ASAP
Job 20: School in Baoan, Shenzhen. (GXZZY) 8000-10000 RMBmonth for teaching Math. 16-22 classesweek. 100 RMBclass for over time. 40 minutesclass. Monday to Friday. Free housing and free meals. Roun……

Sunday afternoon, Shenzhen Public Library
Shenzhen has a relatively new public library building, a twin structure to its new concert hall, the entire complex designed by the Japanese architect Arata Isozaki. (Flickr photos of the complex here and here. …

Road Group(Shenzhen Branch)
By admin
Purple Peng (Shenzhen). Company Address:, Meisheng Industrial District,Chongqing Road,Heping Village,Fuyong Town,Bao\’an District. City/Town:, Shenzhen. Province/State:. Country/Region:, China. Zip/Postal Code: …

Shenzhen is apparently accelerating the construction of the new lines (or trying to catch up on behind schedule projects?) meaning 2008 will see hundreds of new construction sites all opened up at the same time, unsurprisingly leading to huge transport disruption.

SHENZHEN will see about 18 months of serious traffic congestion starting from the end of this year, caused by the construction of five Metro lines in five districts.

A total of 150 construction sites will be seen around the city along the planned Metro lines, affecting traffic on 24 main roads and at 37 intersections within the Special Economic Zone, according to a government announcement published in Chinese-language newspapers yesterday.

Read the article here

The Shenzhen Metro is supposed to be all finished by 2011, with the aim to relieve pressure on the roads, where the number of cars is growing 20 percent year on year.

The 2 obvious points that seem to be missed are that:

• People with a car are extremely unlikely to stop using their car and use the metro instead. Maybe in other parts of the world, but not SZ, where a car is a hard-won status symbol still. (And the new metro lines, presumably, will be like lines 1 and 4 when they opened up: 1 train going up and down, and 20 minute waits at soulless underground stations.)
• The problem with Shenzhen is not really the density of traffic. You get that in any city. It’s a total lack of transport control. Almost total absence of transport police. Dangerous, rule-less driving. People leaving their cars in the middle of the highway to argue over a small scratch for two hours. Maniac bus drivers who used to drive minibuses and now drive the big ones with the same king of the road mentality.

Putting out a bulletin to warn people about transport disruption, without any description of how the disruption can be controlled, is just another example of the problem: lack of road transport control/policy.

Anyway, better stop complaining. It’ll all be fine by 2012.

17,000 - foreigners living permanently in Shenzhen

430,000 - foreigners studying or working temporarily in Shenzhen

8.46 million - Shenzhen hukou holders in 2006

11 million - target limit of Shenzhen hukou holders by 2020, cha right

15 million - “warning threshold” at which “the per capita public resources will be reduced and the city’s development restrained”…
12345 - Phone number for English language hotline for laowai to whinge about lack of public services.

Chinese face up to plastic-free shopping
Asia Times Online - Kowloon,Hong Kong
SHENZHEN - Shenzhen, the booming mainland China area that neighbors Hong Kong, said it is considering legislation to end the free use of plastic shopping …

Shenzhen Happy Valley to Open Magic Castle on 2008 New Year’s Day
China Travel News - Xi’an,Shaanxi,China
Shenzhen Happy Valley of Shenzhen City in Guangdong Province is pleased to open its newly-built Magic Cattle to the public on the New Year’s Day of 2008. …

“Green channel” to open between Shenzhen, HK and Macao
CCTV - Beijing,China
Travel between Shenzhen, Hong Kong and Macao will become faster and more convenient because of a new transport service agreement. …

Goldwind to sell 50m shares
China Daily - China
… and Technology Co, the country’s largest maker of wind-powered generators, plans to issue 50 million shares in a Shenzhen initial public offering (IPO). …

Shenzhen related blog posts:

Business Trip to Shenzhen The Chinese Way…
A couple of weeks ago my boss David Fu came up to me and asked me if I would like to help out at a fair in Shenzhen in late November. Always eager to experience new things and see more of China I happily accepted. …

Hot Jobs in Beijing， Shanghai， Shenzhen， GuangdongFull details …
LINK ESL “The One” Link ESL is a professional education organization run by native English speakers to provide one-stop service for native speakers who want to find an excellent job vacancy in China and to experience extraordinary . …

Shenzhen Labor Activist Attacked
By China Labor News Translations(China Labor News Translations)
In this issue of China Labor News Translations we offer coverage of a savage attack on November 20 against grass-roots labor rights advocate Huang Qingnan, of the Dagongzhe Migrant Workers Center, in the Long’gang district of Shenzhen. …

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