Shenzhen, l'autre rive
Shenzhen est a l origine un petit village de pecheurs erige en 1979 en "zone economique speciale". Elle est aujourd hui une megapole de plus de 17 millions d habitants, separee de Hong-Kong par une riviere dont la traversee se fait en 30 minutes en train.
En l espace de quelques annees, Shenzhen est devenue l usine technologique du monde, la ou sont fabriques smartphones, cartes a puce, lampes LED, et la vitrine d un developpement chinois effrene. Des banlieues residentielles immenses et vides ont supplante les anciennes terres agricoles, bordee par des allees cotieres ou se promenent les habitants souhaitant s eloigner de la ville. A l horizon, on percoit l'autre rive, celle de Hong-Kong, à 27 km a peine.
Shenzhen, the other shore
Shenzhen was originally a small fishing village established in 1979 as a ?special economic zone?. Today, it is a megacity of over 17 million inhabitants, separated from Hong Kong by a river that only takes 30 minutes to cross by train.
In just a few years, Shenzhen has become the world s technological factory, where smartphones, smart cards and LED lights are manufactured, and the showcase of China s frantic development. Huge and empty residential suburbs have supplanted former farmland, bordered by coastal avenues where residents wishing to get away from the city stroll. On the horizon, you can see the shore of Hong Kong, just 27 km away.
