Shenzhen

Running clinics in Shenzhen difficult for Hong Kong doctors

26 Feb 2013

Hong Kong general practitioners operating clinics across the border have been have been facing tough challenges despite a huge market for quality medical services on the mainland.

Shenzhen sets limits for frequent Hong Kong visitors

7 Feb 2013

Visitors who frequently cross the border are now barred from carrying anything other than "essential" items on any trip in the 15 days after they first enter Hong Kong under a new measure that...

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Expand school allocation system to Shenzhen: principal

6 Feb 2013

The "school net" system under which primary school places are allocated based on where children live should be extended into Shenzhen, a veteran school principal has said.

Banks take lead in fulfilling Qianhai's Manhattan dream

5 Feb 2013

After many years of talk, the long-awaited Qianhai special zone finally kicked off last week. As part of the project, 15 banks in Hong Kong will be allowed to offer a combined two billion yuan (HK...

Qianhai - a small zone with a big role

29 Jan 2013

Qianhai, in Shenzhen, may be the smallest of the dozen experimental zones on the mainland - which include Nansha in Guangzhou and Hengqin in Zhuhai - but its role is arguably the most significant...

Opinion

Jake Van Der Kamp

An age-old problem and the sums that just don't add up

Howard Winn

HSBC suffers the Taibbi treatment in Rolling Stone

Shirley Yam

How tycoons' IPO 'losses' may hide profits at herd's expense

Qianhai experimental zone won't be expanded, says Shenzhen mayor

"The current priority for Qianhai will be turning the 15 square kilometres into a high-level, high-quality, and high value-added modern service industrial zone. As for the issue of expansion, we...

Qianhai as the 'Connecticut' of the PRD

I have news for the Qianhai authorities. People I know in the investment business in New York either congratulate themselves on having long moved out of Manhattan or are grousing at being stuck...

Tourists stone hibernating crocodiles

In China curiosity, it seems, killed not only the cat, but also the crocodile.

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SHENZHEN

No-shows, do-nothings mar key gatherings in Shenzhen

Mainland media and internet users have expressed disappointment about the high level of absenteeism and lack of concrete reform proposals at the Shenzhen Chinese People's Political Consultative...

Shenzhen party chief ditches Audi for electric car

Shenzhen’s Communist Party chief Wang Rong recently replaced his Audi A6 with a China-made electric car in a bid to promote green living, reported China's Southern Metropolis Daily on Thursday.

ECONOMY

Shenzhen Mayor Xu Qin expects decades-low 9pc growth for 2013

Shenzhen has set a GDP growth target of 9 per cent this year, the lowest in decades, with the city government admitting that double-digit growth rates are a thing of the past.