The Shenzhen Experiment: The Story of China's Instant City

by Juan Du

An award-winning Hong Kong-based architect with decades of experience designing buildings and planning cities in the People's Republic of China takes us to the Pearl River delta and into the heart of China's iconic Special Economic Zone, Shenzhen.

Shenzhen is ground zero for the economic transformation China has seen in recent decades. In 1979, driven by China's widespread poverty, Deng Xiaoping supported a bold proposal to experiment...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674975286
• ISBN13: 9780674975286
• Release Date: January 2020
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.5" x 9.2"