Shenzhen's Silicon Valley

The border area of Shenzhen was nasty, just like nasty border towns anywhere in the world. Reminded me of Juarez. But once we got about an hour away, we found this salubrious Silicon Valley-type area, with hundreds of thousands of workers, and even warm, sunny Bay Area weather on this particular December day.

The park looked to be modeled after Taipei's Hsin-Chu, although the local Chinese may never admit that. Hsin-Chu in turn was modeled after Santa Clara County. Wide boulevards, modern low-slung buildings, nice green areas and ponds, and not a place to eat (or buy something to eat) in sight.



These guys compete with Cisco, and have 40,000 people in the tech park here. They also have a nice green area, replete with pond.