Shenzhen, China's Silicon Valley: The face of modern China

By Sue Bennett
Updated May 11 2016 - 12:24pm, first published May 10 2016 - 9:49am
China, Guangdong province, Shenzhen, Jiefang Lu shopping street.
China, Guangdong province, Shenzhen, Jiefang Lu shopping street.
From 36,000 to 14 million: Shenzen, China. Photo: iStock
From 36,000 to 14 million: Shenzen, China. Photo: iStock

It's the city where the average age is 28, old people are almost non-existent and where women once outnumbered men by seven to one. It's where one third of the world's mobile phones are made and where Maseratis, BMWs and Mercedes are as commonplace as the eight-lane highways they navigate.

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