Southern Perspective Shenzhen

Remember the good ol’ days when you could smoke in the hospital? Well, they are gone. Maybe not as progressive as New York, but a considerable one.  Smoking in China is considered a second sport.

South China’s Shenzhen City plans to fully prohibit the premises of all medical institutions in the city in 2011.
All medical institutions [...]

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Six months ago Shenzhen removed their once mayor, Xu Zongheng, for “serious disciplinary violations”(China Daily)
Corruption is not uncommon in the ranks of officials but day by day work is being done. A new policy has come about recently:
“Officials whose spouse and children have all emigrated to foreign countries should not take top positions in the [...]

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I just moved into a new office in Shenzhen and happened across this little gem.  I have driven past this place a couple times. I never realized what this place was  or rather wasn’t.
It is called St. Mars, but quite similar to the more famous coffee shop Starbucks.  The resemblance is rather close. Same colors, [...]

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