Chinamaxxing Cities - Shenzhen: The Fishing Village That Ate the Future

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Chinamaxxing Cities - Shenzhen: The Fishing Village That Ate the Future

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Miles Mercer explores Shenzhen's stunning transformation from a 30,000-person fishing village in 1979 to an 18-million metropolis driving global tech innovation. He examines the viral Chinamaxxing trend, where Western youth discover China's futuristic infrastructure through TikTok, sparking uncomfortable comparisons with aging Western cities and challenging long-held narratives about progress and development.

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