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As China’s metropolitans tighten their belts and cautiously spend amid uncertain future economic prospects, a more upbeat narrative is unfolding in the nation’s third- and fourth-tier cities. Unlike the frugality gripping top-tier cities where residents scale back dining budgets, restaurants overflow with diners in smaller Chinese cities, shopping malls continue to hum with activity, and […]
Eyeing a more lucrative job in the logistics sector, Bai Wuhen has risen to the occasion by embarking on a full-time training programme in Shenzhen, China’s “drone capital”, with the aim of obtaining an operator’s licence and taking his career to new heights. The 28-year-old, who previously worked in the hotel industry, wants to be […]
A scramble for artificial intelligence (AI) talent is intensifying in China, as local tech giants dangle eye-watering salaries to hire top-notch professionals to compete in a heated AI race. Beijing-based smartphone giant Xiaomi will be hosting a special hiring session for AI experts in areas spanning AI models, computer vision, deep learning, autonomous driving and […]
Since the fatal stabbing of a Japanese schoolboy in neighbouring Shenzhen, the Takedas have not let their son come home alone after classes in Hong Kong. Shenzhen residents lay flowers outside a Japanese school after a 10-year-old Japanese boy was killed after being stabbed on his way to school in the Chinese city on September […]
BARCELONA, Nov. 7 (Xinhua) — Shenzhen, a booming city and leading technology hub in southern China, has been awarded “Smart City of 2024” at a three-day international exposition that concluded in Barcelona on Thursday. The Smart City Expo World Congress, dedicated to enhancing urban quality of life globally, honored Shenzhen for its advancements in digital […]
With China’s tech hub reporting higher-than-average economic growth, analysts see the city’s growth path and resilience as a means of countering various challenges, including the threat of amped-up containment measures by the United States. Shenzhen, a city of 17.8 million people just across the border from Hong Kong, saw its gross domestic product increase by […]
Preventing Hongkongers from spending their cash in mainland China would be an unrealistic and inappropriate move, Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu has said, arguing the city is in the midst of an economic upgrade and urging retailers to reinvent themselves. Speaking a day after his annual policy address, the city’s leader said the trend of […]
Retro-Futurism Meets Car Culture in GARAGE by DDDD GARAGE, designed by DDDD Creative Company, is located in the basement of the Poly Theater in Shenzhen‘s commercial district. The project is a multi-functional commercial space centered around vintage modified cars, transforming the original car park into a hub for car culture. The design incorporates a […]