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Shenzhen 00:01:48 1 Etymology 00:02:38 2 History 00:03:16 2.1 Nantou 00:05:19 2.2 Market town 00:05:56 2.3 Special Economic Zone 00:08:00 3 Geography 00:09:44 3.1 Climate 00:11:27 4 Cityscape 00:11:36 5 Politics 00:12:13 6 Administrative divisions 00:14:46 7 Economy 00:18:44 7.1 High-Tech Industry 00:19:54 7.1.1 Industrial zones 00:20:59 7.2 Economic cooperation with Hong Kong 00:24:33 7.2.1 Qianhai 00:25:56 8 Demographics 00:29:04 8.1 Metropolitan area 00:29:26 8.2 Languages 00:31:23 8.3 Religion 00:32:18 9 Education 00:32:27 9.1 Colleges and universities 00:33:30 9.2 International schools 00:34:01 10 Transport 00:34:10 10.1 Public transport 00:37:12 10.2 Roads 00:39:00 10.3 Railway 00:41:16 10.4 Air 00:42:14 10.5 Ferries 00:43:29 10.6 Connection with Hong Kong 00:45:04 11 Architecture 00:49:19 12 Parks and recreation 00:49:28 12.1 Parks and gardens 00:52:24 12.2 Theme parks 00:54:02 13 Culture 00:54:38 13.1 Overseas Chinese Town (OCT) 00:55:19 13.2 Beaches 00:55:35 13.3 Museums and exhibition centers 00:56:10 14 Media 00:56:42 15 Sports 00:58:35 16 Sister cities 01:00:43 17 See also Listening is a more natural way of learning, when compared to reading. Written language only began at around 3200 BC, but spoken language has existed long ago. Learning by listening is a great way to: - increases imagination and understanding - improves your listening skills - improves your own spoken accent - learn while on the move - reduce eye strain Now learn the vast amount of general knowledge available on Wikipedia through audio (audio article). You could even learn subconsciously by playing the audio while you are sleeping! If you are planning to listen a lot, you could try using a bone conduction headphone, or a standard speaker instead of an earphone. You can find other Wikipedia audio articles too at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuKfABj2eGyjH3ntPxp4YeQ You can upload your own Wikipedia articles through: https://github.com/nodef/wikipedia-tts "The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing." - Socrates SUMMARY ======= Shenzhen ([ʂə́n.ʈʂə̂n] (listen)) is a major city in Guangdong Province, China; it forms part of the Pearl River Delta megalopolis north of Hong Kong. It holds sub-provincial administrative status, with powers slightly less than a province. Shenzhen, which roughly follows the administrative boundaries of Bao'an County, officially became a city in 1979, taking its name from the former county town, whose train station was the last stop on the Mainland Chinese section of the railway between Canton and Kowloon. In 1980, Shenzhen was established as China's first special economic zone. Shenzhen's registered population as of 2017 was estimated at 12,905,000. However, the Shenzhen Municipal Party Committee estimates that the population of Shenzhen is about 20 million, due to the large unregistered floating migrant population living in the city. Shenzhen was one of the fastest-growing cities in the world in the 1990s and the 2000s. And has been ranked second on the list of ‘top 10 cities to visit in 2019Shenzhen's cityscape results from its vibrant economy - made possible by rapid foreign investment following the institution of the policy of "reform and opening-up" in 1979. The city is a leading global technology hub, dubbed by media as the next Silicon Valley.Shenzhen hosts the Shenzhen Stock Exchange as well as the headquarters of numerous multinational companies such as JXD, Vanke, Hytera, CIMC, Shenzhen Airlines, Nepstar, Hasee, Ping An Bank, Ping An Insurance, China Merchants Bank, Tencent, ZTE, Huawei and BYD. Shenzhen ranks 12th in the 2018 Global Financial Centres Index. It has one of the busiest container ports in the world. |