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| Shenzhen: The City Where China’s Transformation Began | |
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| When China was opened to capitalism and foreign investment in 1979 by Deng Xiaoping, then the Communist Party leader, he chose to start with Shenzhen, a poor village in the Pearl River Delta near Hong Kong. | When China was opened to capitalism and foreign investment in 1979 by Deng Xiaoping, then the Communist Party leader, he chose to start with Shenzhen, a poor village in the Pearl River Delta near Hong Kong. |
| Since then, Shenzhen, which roughly translated means “deep drainage,” has transformed from a fishing community of 30,000 to a sprawling industrial and financial megacity, with a population that by some estimates exceeds 12 million. | Since then, Shenzhen, which roughly translated means “deep drainage,” has transformed from a fishing community of 30,000 to a sprawling industrial and financial megacity, with a population that by some estimates exceeds 12 million. |
| Described by Chinese officials as a miracle, Shenzhen has some of China’s biggest skyscrapers and shopping malls, with a new subway and other construction proceeding so quickly that there is no room to put all the excavation waste — a situation suspected as a cause of the deadly landslide there on Sunday. | Described by Chinese officials as a miracle, Shenzhen has some of China’s biggest skyscrapers and shopping malls, with a new subway and other construction proceeding so quickly that there is no room to put all the excavation waste — a situation suspected as a cause of the deadly landslide there on Sunday. |
| The majority of all consumer appliances sold worldwide are assembled in Shenzhen and the surrounding Guangdong Province. The area has also developed an international reputation as a magnet for technology entrepreneurs, and has been designated as one of the world’s start-up hubs of the future by Inc. Magazine. | The majority of all consumer appliances sold worldwide are assembled in Shenzhen and the surrounding Guangdong Province. The area has also developed an international reputation as a magnet for technology entrepreneurs, and has been designated as one of the world’s start-up hubs of the future by Inc. Magazine. |
| But Shenzhen’s explosive growth, fueled by Mr. Deng’s designation of the area as China’s first so-called Special Economic Zone, which gives preferential treatment to foreign investment, also symbolizes many of China’s most acute problems — overcrowding, corruption, pollution and the stark absence of accountability. | But Shenzhen’s explosive growth, fueled by Mr. Deng’s designation of the area as China’s first so-called Special Economic Zone, which gives preferential treatment to foreign investment, also symbolizes many of China’s most acute problems — overcrowding, corruption, pollution and the stark absence of accountability. |
| In recent years, Shenzhen became known for poor working conditions and labor practices at its vast complex of electronics factories. The problem was punctuated by a spate of suicides and accidents at facilities owned by Foxconn, a Taiwanese company that employees hundreds of thousands of Chinese workers and is known for assembling Apple products like iPhones and iPads. | In recent years, Shenzhen became known for poor working conditions and labor practices at its vast complex of electronics factories. The problem was punctuated by a spate of suicides and accidents at facilities owned by Foxconn, a Taiwanese company that employees hundreds of thousands of Chinese workers and is known for assembling Apple products like iPhones and iPads. |
| The dark themes of Shenzhen’s breakneck development were hinted at in a groundbreaking Chinese film released a few years ago, “A Touch of Sin,” a series of vignettes, including a suicide at a workplace that resembled a Shenzhen assembly plant. The film was so sensitive that the Chinese authorities limited its distribution, but it still won a Cannes award for best screenplay. | The dark themes of Shenzhen’s breakneck development were hinted at in a groundbreaking Chinese film released a few years ago, “A Touch of Sin,” a series of vignettes, including a suicide at a workplace that resembled a Shenzhen assembly plant. The film was so sensitive that the Chinese authorities limited its distribution, but it still won a Cannes award for best screenplay. |