A few decades ago Wang Wei was personally lugging suitcases and backpacks across China’s southern border, trying to make his fledgling Hong Kong-based courier business…
Shenzhen
In southeastern China, Shenzhen is a hub of tech giants like Tencent and drone maker DJI, as well as research labs and humming factories. Ninety percent of the world's electronic goods come from Shenzhen and leave by its port. Some 20 million people now call it home, fueling the world's fastest-rising home prices, and a volatile stock market. This obsession will explore how the world's factory operates.
PILING IT ON
A single city in China built more skyscrapers last year than the US and Australia combined
China’s skyscraper craze reached another new high last year. In 2016 the world saw the completion of 128 skyscrapers, up from 114 in 2015, according…
DOUBLE TROUBLE
Your brilliant Kickstarter idea could be on sale in China before you’ve even finished funding it
Shenzhen, China Yekutiel Sherman couldn’t believe his eyes. The Israeli entrepreneur had spent one year designing the product that would make him rich—a smartphone case…
NI HAO SHENZHEN
Apple is opening a research and development center in Shenzhen, China’s hardware mecca
Some of China’s top tech firms will soon be welcoming a famous new neighbor. Apple has confirmed it will open a research and development center…
HOW LOW CAN YOU GO
Housing is so scarce in China’s Silicon Valley that even illegal “pigeon cage” apartments are going fast
Shenzhen is more than just the manufacturing hub for hardware products in China—it’s also the country’s hottest real estate market (link in Chinese). And housing…
VR EVERYWHERE
Photos: China’s booming virtual reality arcades are bringing the niche technology to the masses
More than two years after Facebook paid $2 billion to acquire Oculus, virtual reality remains a niche market in the West. Other than hardcore gamers…
RULE OF LAW
A Chinese lawyer is challenging Beijing over Hong Kong’s missing booksellers
The responses to “missing” bookseller Lam Wing-kee’s claims that he was detained by Communist Party officials have been strong, but predictable. Hong Kongers took to…
FAMILIAR GAME
China’s answer to the Xbox and PS4 has arrived—and it looks exactly like the Xbox and PS4
Yesterday in Beijing Wang Feng, the CEO of Chinese gaming startup Fuze, took to the stage at a press conference to proudly unveil his venture’s…
