Shenzhen

Shénzhen Shēnzhèn English Alternative forms en Shen-chen Wade-Giles en Shenzheng misspelling Etymology From the en cmn-pinyin - romanization of the en cmn 深圳, from 深 deep + 圳 irrigation ditch. Pronunciation en /ˌʃəːnˈtʃən/ en /ˌʃɛnˈd͡ʒɛn/ hyperforeign shǔnʹchǔnʹ shǔnʹjǔnʹ shǔnʹzhǔnʹ hyperforeign en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Sapaa-Shenzhen.wav US en Shen zhen Proper noun en major sub-provincial city p/Guangdong in southeastern c/China. Encyclopædia Britannica In 1979 Shenzhen was a small border city of some 30,000 inhabitants that served as a customs stop into mainland China from Hong Kong. en 2008 w:Leslie T. Chang Leslie_T._Chang#Factory_Girls Factory Girls: From Village to City in a Changing China https://archive.org/details/factorygirlsfrom00chan_0/ New York w:Spiegel & Grau 978-0-385-52017-1 2008012880 963510224 29 https://archive.org/details/factorygirlsfrom00chan_0/page/29/ Over the next two years, China set up four “special economic zones” as testing grounds for free-enterprise practices like foreign investment and tax incentives. The largest zone was Shenzhen, about fifty miles south of Dongguan, which quickly became a symbol of a freewheeling China always open for business. Shenzhen was a planned showcase city, willed into being by leaders in Beijing and supported by government ministries and the companies under them. en 2009 Lanqing Li The Birth of Special Economic Zones Ling Yuan; Zhang Siying Breaking Through: The Birth of China's Opening-Up Policy https://archive.org/details/breakingthroughb0000lanq/ 978-0-19-801692-2 456837151 122 https://archive.org/details/breakingthroughb0000lanq/page/122/ The tiny 0.8-square-kilometer Luohu District was where the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone really got off to a good start. June 21, 2021 w:Keith Bradsher Chinese port difficulties amid a Covid outbreak further snarl global trade. https://web.archive.org/web/20210621152036/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/21/business/shenzhen-port-delays.html Business The blockage of the Suez Canal in March? No, there is another disruption in global shipping. This time, the problem lies in Shenzhen, a sprawling metropolis adjacent to Hong Kong in southeastern China. en Synonyms from Cantonese en Shumchun, en Shum-chun, en Shamchun, en Sham Chun Translations a city in China Arabic: ar شِينْتْشِين m šintšīn, ar شِينْجِين m šinjīn Chinese: Cantonese: yue 深圳 sam1 zan3 Eastern Min: cdo 深圳 Chĭng-dáung Hakka: hak 深圳 Chhṳ̂m-chun Hokkien: nan-hbl 深圳 Chhim-chùn Mandarin: cmn 深圳 Shēnzhèn Czech: cs Šen-čen m Finnish: fi Shenzhen Hebrew: he שנג'ן Hindi: hi शेन्झेन, hi शेन्झ़ेन, hi शेन्ज़ेन Hungarian: hu Sencsen Japanese: ja 深圳 しんせん, Shinsen, ja 深セン しんせん, Shinsen, ja シンセン Shinsen Korean: ko ^선전, ko ^심천 (深圳) Macedonian: mk Шенжен m, mk Шенџен m Marathi: mr शेन्झेन n Persian: fa شن‌ژن Portuguese: pt Shenzhen Russian: ru Шэньчжэ́нь m Thai: th เซินเจิ้น Urdu: ur شینژین śenžen Uyghur: ug شېنجېن Vietnamese: vi Thâm Quyến (vi 深圳) Portuguese Proper noun pt major sub-provincial city p/Guangdong in southeastern c/China Shenzhen