Category: Shenzhen
Next morning we emerged refreshed and girded our loins for the one mile walk to Nan’ao. It was hot, sun beating down on us, sweat pouring from us. We …
FUTIAN SHUI WEI VILLAGE, HUANGGANG VILLAGE SHENZHEN These two villages are situated just north of the Huang Gang border crossing and south of the CBD around Cai Tian and …
AMBULANCESChinese Ambulances just transport people to hospital and the personnel usually have little medical training. If possible, travellers should take taxis or any available transport to nearest major hospital …
Outside the fort is a large statue, in the modern mode, of Lin Zexu. Lin was born in 1785 in Fujian. He succeeded brilliantly in the Official Examinations where …
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 …