Baishizhou

Baishizhou (Chinese: 白石洲; pinyin: Báishízhōu; Jyutping: baak6 sek6 zau1) is an area of Nanshan District, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China. As of 2016 about 150,000 people live in Baishizhou.[1] Its area is 0.23 square miles (0.60 km2) and has a population density higher than that of the city average.[2]

Baishizhou

In 2014 Charlie Lanyon of The South China Morning Post described it as "one of the last vestiges of old Shenzhen".[3]

History

It is an amalgamation of five existing villages that became one circa 1958 after a collective farm opened.[2] The Shenzhen government bought land around, but not within, the villages and redeveloped it.[1]

In 2014 the Shenzhen government announced that it was going to demolish existing developments and redevelop Baishizhou.[1]

Culture

Lanyon noted the abundance of street food and stated that the cuisine was inexpensive and also "excellent".[3]

Transportation

Education

Shenzhen Saturday School (深ｾﾝ補習授業校 Shinsen Hoshū Jugyō Kō), a Japanese weekend school, has its office on the 8th floor of the Jinsanjiao Building (金三角大厦/金三角大廈) in Baishizhou.[4]

See also

References
  1. Feng, Emily (2016-07-19). "Skyscrapers' Rise in China Marks the Fall of Immigrant Enclaves". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2016-08-20. Retrieved 2016-10-11.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) () - Official Chinese translation: "深圳城中村面临拆除，15万人将何去何从" (simplified; Archive) and "深圳城中村面臨拆除，15萬人將何去何從 " (traditional; Archive)
  2. MacKinnon, Eli (2016-09-16). "The Twilight of Shenzhen's Great Urban Village". Foreign Policy. Retrieved 2016-10-11.
  3. Lanyon, Charlie (2014-05-22). "There's a lot more to our neighbour Shenzhen than cheap suits and massages". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 2020-04-26.
  4. "日本人学校・補習授業校一覧." Consulate-General of Japan in Guangzhou (在広州日本国総領事館/日本国驻广州总领事馆). Retrieved on December 21, 2017. "深セン日本人補習校 518052 広東省深セン市南山区白石洲金三角大廈８階"

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