Posted in Hong Kong, urban, china on May 23rd, 2007 1 Comment »
So, today, after a slow rainy morning wandering around Mong Kok, watching glistening workers snap on their gloves and set about raising tents for the ‘ladies market’, I went back to my room somewhere tucked away in the depths of the Mirador Mansions on Nathan Road in Tsim Sha Tsui, put on a pair of […]
Posted in Shenzhen, urban, china on May 23rd, 2007 No Comments »
Well, I made it through just under three weeks of study-coordination in Shenzhen, coupled with an odd side trip to Guangzhou. I’d say that the trip was a success. The neighbourhood, Hua Qiang Bei, proved more interesting than I could ever have expected, and I met some fantastic people along the way.
The participants of the course, […]
Posted in urban, morphology, china, des-news on May 9th, 2007 No Comments »
Hi,
So life currently finds me in the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone, just north of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. This fantastic (in all senses of that word) place used to be where a large share of China’s electronics and textile production took place, but much of this activity has now vacated Shenzhen Shi (city) […]