SHENZHEN, China – In 1980, the year Deng Xiaoping established Shenzhen as China’s first special economic zone, opening its mercantile sectors to market capitalism and free trade principles, an attractive, tree-shaded commercial district known as Dongmen was home to 30,000 residents near the center of a metropolitan region of 300,000. Thirty-five years later, Dongmen is … Continue reading Can the “World’s Largest Urban Area” Clean Up Its Act? Shenzhen and the Pearl River Delta