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The Shenzhen experiment : the story of China's instant city /

A rural borderland just forty years ago, today Shenzhen is a city of twenty million and a technology hub. This success is attributed to its status as a Special Economic Zone, but no other SEZs compare. Juan Du looks to the past to understand why. It turns out that Shenzhen is no prefab "instant...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Du, Juan (Author of Shenzhen experiment) (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, [2020]
Subjects:	Shenzhen Shi (China) > History. Urban renewal > China > Shenzhen Shi. City planning > China > Shenzhen Shi. Shenzhen Jingji Tequ (Shenzhen Shi, China)

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