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99% Invisible

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Shenjen Special Economic Zone

In 19 79, chinese leader dong sha ping drew a circle on the map by the south china sea and determined that shenjen would be the home of china's first special economic zone. As shenjin rapidly transformed through the 19 eighties, businesses started moving there for the cheap real estate, inexpensive migrant labor and low cost of living. Many of these businesses came from neighboring hong kong. But it was not there are very good historical strategic reasons to place a special economic zone there. If you want to know more about s c, you should go back and listen to the previous episode of 99 % of visible,. It involves a little airport in ireland

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