Category: China
LUOHU DONGMEN FOOD STREET SHENZHEN This is where real Shenzheners, particularly the young go to have their cheap eats. On a Saturday night the street is a sea of …
EMERGENCY NUMBER ENGLISH If you ring the emergency hotline number 110 there are English speakers who have been specially recruited to provide an English speaking service. Foreigners can dial …
SAFETY AND SECURITY You’ll hear and read a lot about security in Shenzhen. All we can do is tell you our own experience. We have worked regularly in Shenzhen …
69-storeys, 384 meters high, when the Diwang Building was completed in 1996 it was easily China’s tallest building, fourth tallest in the world, and way taller than anything in …
During the Qing Dynasty Guanlan was one of the four major market towns in the Shenzhen area the others were Dongmen, Qingping in Shajing and Shatoujiao. Guanlan Laojie near …
We don’t go in for either ruins or Disneyland reconstructions all that much. The stones of the former don’t speak to us, nor does the plastic of the latter. …
The minute the weather turns mild enough to sit outside Parisians appear on terraces like mushrooms after the rain. Cafe owners prolong the terrace season by providing infrared heat …
Agriculture is an important economic sector in France, and this is an over-the-top event showcasing everything related to farming, animals and food. All politicians put in an appearance and …