In 1979 Den Xiaoping designated a few special economic zones, where free trade could be undertaken, while analysing its social impact. In those days Shenzhen was a fishermen village. 30.000 people lived in this place, with unpaved roads, no electricity and a serviced area just 3 km. wide. Today it is the busiest border of the world, with 11 million people crossing every year by train, road, boat or plane. 90% of its 10m people was born somewhere else. Many of the things one can buy is manufactured here. I took these photos in 2005, in my first visit to China. index.html DSC_7725 index.html DSC_0989 index.html DSC_7059_B index.html DSC_9211 index.html DSC_2518 index.html DSC_7776 index.html DSC_7652 index.html DSC_9559 index.html DSC_9386 index.html DSC_8118 index.html DSC_2480 index.html DSC_1857 index.html DSC_2539 index.html DSC_2230 index.html DSC_0836 index.html DSC_0571 index.html DSC_1297 index.html DSC_0484 index.html DSC_0812 index.html DSC_0490 index.html DSC_0416