Political Ideas Proposed For China’s Shenzhen

From NPR’ s Morning Edition:

China’s wealthiest city is doing some soul searching.

In the early 1980s, the city of Shenzhen began as an experiment to attract foreign investors. That experiment became a success, and the city now accounts for 1 percent of the world’s exports.

Now, some people in China are proposing that Shenzhen begin political experimentation.

A ‘Special Economic Zone’

A park called Lotus Flower Mountain looks out over the skyline of the city. On top of a hill in the park is a big statue of China’s late paramount leader Deng Xiaoping. Lately, local and national Chinese leaders have been laying wreaths of flowers in front of the statue, paying homage to Deng, whose ideas led to the creation of Shenzhen as a special economic zone.

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