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Old Posted Jul 19, 2010, 3:38 PM
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hkskyline's 2010 SHENZHEN Day Trip Photos

The checkpoint at Lok Ma Chau (called Futian on the Chinese side) is the less crowded way to get into China from Hong Kong, and is my preferable route. Once across the border, the subway line is just under the immigration building, although it doesn't go too far yet.



This line is now being run by Hong Kong's MTR. Even the logo is now inside the train.



The signage is also similar.



My objective is to tour the new skyscrapers of Futian district. Here's a map :



Emerging from the subway station ...





There were plenty of new skyscrapers in this part of town.













These twin towers look quite interesting. They're now my new favourite designs in Shenzhen!













This is the original logo of the Shenzhen subway system.



It was a very hot and sunny day, probably 33C or worse.







Notice the planning aspect - the skyscrapers are lined up.









While the buildings are new, the traditional fruit shop in a cart still exists below.













The landscaping is also quite well done. It's not building packed against building. There are actually manicured green spaces in between.

























More construction ...







An interesting garden / open space graces this mall.















I'm not sure if this is part of the new high-speed link between Hong Kong and Guangzhou or just another subway line construction.











The streets are wide but thankfully not too congested.





A double-decker restaurant at the bus terminal.







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Interesting pictures. Are there any older and/or historic areas of Shenzhen?
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Old Posted Jul 19, 2010, 7:28 PM
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This part of Futian is an office park with buildings clustered around central squares with greenery. The concept is quite well thought out since office workers need some open areas to relax and perhaps eat lunch in the outdoors. However, in reality, there are way too many cars trying to park around the neighbourhood. To make things worse, piles of garbage awaiting pick-up wait along parts of streets.





















The top of this building bears the name of a Hong Kong bank.



Many building heights in this part of town are uniform. This location clearly spells out city planning.

































The English name is a bit redundant.

































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I guess those SEZ's worked hahaha...
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Was there in 1985. No skyscrapers then...a very different place.
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I will definately go to Shenzhen when I'm in Hong Kong (this area is no 1 on my want to go list).
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Great photos! I definitely like the building with the star bursts. Thanks!
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I see the technocrats have been at work, you have to wonder if it's a good or a bad thing.
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Interesting pictures. Are there any older and/or historic areas of Shenzhen?
Shenzhen was a fishing village up until the 70s.

Deng Xiaoping (or as I like to call him "The Deng" ) basically said this area was going to be an experiment for the Chinese to move away from Ultra-controlled communist economics to market-based economics et voila, Hello Modern China.

I love the Freshwater Place clone they built (lol it's the ultimate compliment) - was there in 2007 when much of the greenery HK has posted in this thread was quite literally no footpaths, clay/mud/rubble everywhere and half those towers were either U/C or not built at all. I can even see the huge differences since then - one of them being the metro connection right at the checkpoint!
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Deng Xiaoping (or as I like to call him "The Deng" ) basically said this area was going to be an experiment for the Chinese to move away from Ultra-controlled communist economics to market-based economics et voila, Hello Modern China.
Ehh not exactly, the real story of hasn't even been told yet. Smoke and mirrors, what more can you say.
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