Shenzhen: The Migrant Experiment

What is is like to live in Shenzhen? We talk with a group of migrants to find out how the city has changed and what makes it so special. This documentary looks at how the city has changed and how foreigners and local migrants feeling about these changes.
More about Shenzhen City:
In 1980, Shenzhen was established as China's first special economic zone. Shenzhen's registered population as of 2017 was estimated at 12 million plus. However, the Shenzhen Municipal Party Committee estimates that the population of Shenzhen is about 20 million, due to the large unregistered floating migrant population living in the city.
Shenzhen was one of the fastest-growing cities in the world in the 1990's and the 2000's. And has been ranked second on the list of ‘top 10 cities to visit in 2019'.
This has been one of the largest and most successful migrant experiments in the world and has lead the way in forging China's modern identity.

[@planthumor8103]

“You’re live here, you’re the part of the history of the city!” “You don’t learn Shenzhen from the history books, you’re writing the history right now.” Shenzhen is belonging to everyone bravely pursuing their dreams here. Wow, such a amazing city in the world.😍😍😍

[@noyakastro4801]

It's is crazy how fast shenzhen has developed, I'm from Israel and moved to Shenzhen shekou around 11 years ago, I'm now 15, and I love it here, it's my home, over the years I had a chance to learn fluent Chinese and English, shekou is at the very bottom of shenzhen right next to Hong Kong, and it went from haveing strawberry fields, boats and simple building to haveing skyscrapers and the huge shenzhen bay. It's my home, and I can't imagen me anywhere else

[@yuncloud5124]

Noya Kastro what vpn do you use in Shenzhen?

[@jjjjdjjdjdjustin1332]

Arvin estrada All you need is an anonymous phone card from Hong Kong. But you mustn't do bad things! That is all. Welcome to China!

[@jjjjdjjdjdjustin1332]

Noya Kastro Love from tianjin!🇮🇱🇨🇳🇮🇱🇨🇳！

[@antediluvianclockwork9769]

@@jjjjdjjdjdjustin1332 Very logical! Equating someone asking about VPN to doing bad things. 蛮有逻辑的你

[@elephantshen3403]

good girl enjoy your living in China

[@Stheens]

Very high quality documentary!

[@chandankage]

I have special place in my heart for the Chinese leaders and people because they are hard working... God bless China love from indian

[@anushervonodil5577]

Chandan G that's so true to all Chinese people, students, teachers, workers, leaders..etc. so true...so hardworking， and living and studying in Beijing, capital of China, I was impressed about massive developments that Chinese are making 我爱你中国☀️🙏

[@philippmplayer]

I thinks so too ! Greetings from Germany

[@wasurebachi]

God bless you too, China and India have 1000 reasons to be friends

[@user-vt5ln7qq4j]

Me too 😃

[@user-fe7hb3hi5b]

Best wishes for India, too.

[@ayushc5704]

Love China from India 🇮🇳. We both nations should be friends then we have unlimited opportunities for growth.

[@dragonc4134]

Ayush Formals I agree with you， in the future, only China and India will lead the world into a prosperous .ideal paradise for all peoples in the world.

[@wasurebachi]

Really true, never jump into the competitor game what western countries hope we to do.

[@harshpatel-3015]

You know what, here political parties just fight each other & just keep voters in illusion....... their (parties) 1st priority is to increase "their" bank balance, not the growth or development of the country. China & India were almost at same position when we got our freedom in 1947 from East India company (British), but china did an amazing job, now they are far develop then us. Even in population our growth rate is almost double as compare to china. We will overtake then in comming years, If any Chinese is reading this comment, just wanna say your government did an amazing job! Love from 🇮🇳 Now plz don't call anti-national or something bcz of recent border clash in galvan valley & I'm favouring china. I'm just speaking the truth, we should learn what were the good steps which china took and developed themselves so much!!

[@vivekvadoliya9647]

I also think that this is true but if we are really friends then we should be cooperating with each other. Bullying and suppressing in the name of development is not gonna work here. I know the western culture and their history about colonization but China wanted to do same with weapon of economic and intellectual suppression of people by bullying them.

[@alikemal9263]

Even if India also has potential they need to have cultural revolution.. It's the your complex culture that makes India lags behind even if you guys have enormous potential.

[@deu8894]

very nice video on Shenzhen. Kindly do one on Beijing, Shanghai, Hangzhou and Guangzhou

[@tobyli52]

I am Shanghainese and I have been to Shenzhen many many times. It is a truly great place. There are virtually no history and realy local people. Which means no baggage, everything and everyone start anew.

[@kemsong4498]

我听说上海人崇洋排外，听说，听说而已

[@zhouliu3034]

Kem Song 上海人是被全国黑的最多的人群，不过上海人只是笑笑，因为有自信。

[@svttc]

some shots are so futuristic i have to pause to make sure they are real

[@bigfatdick5000]

haha nice

[@potatonoodlebear8035]

@@bigfatdick5000 Sometimes, I drive by my city, it is just a feeling of unrealness. It is so out of my imagination even for me as a person grown up in Shenzhen.

[@Harikrishna-kt6po]

It is real bro.

[@denisblack5689]

wow! incredible! i know Helen - the English teacher in this movie:) I used to live 5 minutes walking from her training center and almost started to work there at some point:)

[@donkeykong516]

You cannot beat smart people who are also hardworking.

[@karthickn1]

Chinese software people,make software coding efficient,ur basement is strong,but ur concrete is not strong,zte use Flipkart as a tool to export mobiles to the Indian market as consumer base is more,Flipkart and paytm mall is the source of income in Indian market...

[@someonerandominthecomments6848]

I wish KZbin recommended stuff like this.😣

[@ericwu2717]

I just hope they dont delete too many of them

[@munchkin8019]

Well it was recommended to me 😊

[@stochastic_rate]

Great video about Shenzhen, thank you!

[@SORFOOD]

Wow my boyfriend from shenzen so I'm here to watching what look like shenzen

[@rahmatgo1067]

bodoh

[@MACKOBII]

Where r u?

[@frenchfrete]

don't mind the trolls. I've visited Shenzhen and it's amazing. Tapi saya tak suka makanan sana

[@eloy618]

My boyfriend is from Shenzhen too, so just saying hi. lolll

[@SORFOOD]

@tk421missing I think not like that doctor so expensive there and they really keep body, and healthy. Always like traditional tea.. And they medicine very amazing like for stomach ace.. And delicious food... And fantastic tea. And my bf really clean, really care about what he eat what he do... And he really scared when he get job in South Africa bcz the issue about hiv over there very high people like fuck ass hole lol. And blabala so I was thinking my bf no has deaseas. Why China people have long age bcz they really healthy care.

[@user-zo8hs4yh2h]

You guys deserve more subs. There's so many people who don't know about China. They keep spewing hate and prejudice. They have stupid channels like China uncensored which purely focusing on the bad side of China or bad apples, pulling out old news.

[@qjtvaddict]

Chris Koay more people know about China’s success than you know

[@Metsada007]

@@qjtvaddict - I would hope you are right because I see so much hate against not only China but also countries where China makes investments. There is massive propaganda that China is an evil force for the world when in reality China is building up not only their own country, but entire (underdeveloped) regions, even continents like Africa. There are thousands of km's of high speed rail, new factories, industrial parks, roads, tunnels etc. that are being build, even in Africa. It seems as if people don't even know that this is really already happening now. It's not some empty promise or vague future plan, it is actually already being done right now. Massive change, in a positive sense, is already underway.

[@unclewangsgarden8302]

Unfortunately, only those channels that constantly smear and criticize China get more subscribers. It makes them feel good that China is still a poor country run by evil communist party and people live in the hell.

[@funnybomb2571]

@@Metsada007 not really you are building ports at exhorbitant rates by laundering money to corrupt officials. And then the country is unable to pay the debt so you take up the port.my country sri lanka is prime example

[@cheeses_fries]

So you're admitting those news are true but you don't like because it exposes the ugly truth. Haha okay

[@HrRezpatex]

I hope i live to see the big cities in China become as modern and functional as big Japanese cities have become. But still with their own unique politics and culture. :) And as soon as China in general start to understand the importance about quality in material things/products, i believe they will climb towards a great future very fast. :) I actually believe it is a more open and free marked in Shenzhen then it is in USA in general and that it is much more easy to start a new business there. I believe it is less bureaucratically paperwork to do when you start up there too, compare to how it is in USA or Europe.

[@user-fo7xk7jl4o]

What? Chinese cities have long been modernized, and will never be like Japan, which is located in the earthquake zone and basically has no tall buildings. Please observe the world more, your vision is too low.

[@Alesscamera]

But go to Tokyo then go to Shenzhen! You will definitely see which one is modern! Japan was modern ;)

[@HrRezpatex]

@Jan Rozsypal I like the colour green. I just want to say it, to see how many ways it is possible to twist and misunderstand that i like the colour green.. lol

[@user-fo7xk7jl4o]

@@Alesscamera Tokyo is modern and Shenzhen is the future. lol😂

[@yadoliu]

it is not China did not start to understand the importance about quality in material things/products, it is you do not understand China.

[@WaqasAli-tr8iz]

I born here and I miss my hometown alot.....❤Shenzhen

[@muse3992]

Love you China. I wish and hope that one day I'll be there

[@kwy8713]

Kaovei welcome！

[@funnybomb2571]

Dont cum here blacky

[@user-rx9rv2fw7d]

@@funnybomb2571 微抗吐china

[@eChineseLearning-school]

Come study with us online!

[@Stoneface_]

funnybomb you’re not even Chinese 😂😂

[@rohitkumaryadav7986]

I'm Indian I love shenzen more than Shanghai

[@yvang3665]

Shanghai people will kick your ass.

[@Makkalites]

@Rohit, You truly deserve the reply from Chinese

[@user-pj3ev4xd6f]

Great narrative of Shenzhen! An inspiring city and its people. 🌟🌟

[@planthumor8103]

When you live in Shenzhen, you’re the part of the history of the city. 😊😊😊

[@user-pm6tb5qt8q]

2019年12月，我看到的深圳已超过香港和加拿大的大城市。自2009年去了一趟北京，上海，由航州返香港再回加拿大，差不多每年返中国一次。每次見到都在進步中。不過像云南丽江古城已没有 古樸風味。乌鎮反為好一点。

[@techie1179]

I hope india and china will become very good friend in future. All dispute will be resolved one day. ❤️

[@accrris1224]

I hope so.

[@wyz9815]

I hope, despite all the political barriers, China and India, two great culture, will be good neighbor.

[@osaki9697]

serpentza is typing ...

[@xiaoq8329]

and maybe crying

[@junyulai5873]

he is a clown

[@LukeFang]

He is a clown

[@arminius6506]

He's a loser

[@stevel5806]

he has only one goal, gets paid to bash China.

[@LibertarianLeninistRants]

I can't wait for the Beijing documentary!

[@ChinaMatters]

Should be out in about 2 days. :)

[@debojit5939]

Even me too

[@chloeagnew1]

What the fuck is wrong with your ID? Libertarian? Leninist?

[@chloeagnew1]

@@debojit5939 Beijing is the worst place.

[@debojit5939]

@@chloeagnew1 ok I don't even know that.... thanks bro 😀

[@enadevanz8281]

I missed Shenzhen already, i worked there for 13 years. Its hard to leave that city which i build my aviation career

[@yldlite9198]

Why did you leave?

[@enadevanz8281]

@@yldlite9198 There is an opportunity to other country which is where I have to migrate and continue flying.

[@yldlite9198]

Enad Evanz I’m moving to Shenzhen after 10 years living aboard. Good luck for all of us

[@enadevanz8281]

@@yldlite9198 Likewise... someday I would like to visit there again.

[@user-us5yz7ix8c]

I like shenzhen, a modern city with beautiful environment

[@FRANCISCARUSOworld]

I spent a month in Shanghai in 2019 and I fell in love with China! I can't wait to explore more of it once we can travel again!

[@amayara]

5:50 7:50 This guy said everything 👏👏

[@nO-di6lp]

Great video Josh! 👍

[@Sy2023hk]

Looks great, fun and prosperous city😎🎉👍

[@casebeth]

Thinking about applying to teach kindergarten here. It looks so exciting!

[@davidm8466]

Great video. 👍

[@taiterobinson793]

I want the urban villages of Shenzhen to stay as they are that cities history

[@aadilahmad9539]

Long live Great China Love and Respect From your "iron Brother" pakistan

[@user-pb2qn1et6g]

Aadil ahmad 谢谢🙏

[@jessriy]

Shenzhen is world class! Better than HongKong and London in many aspects!

[@dimebagsoul]

冷凌玉 there is nothing in Shenzhen but malls, tall buildings and roads. No culture, no history, no soul. U can’t compare with hk and London.

[@jessriy]

no culture and no history does not necessarily define a great city. As a matter of fact, it is because of Shenzhen lacking of these elements which makes it a greate place with openess and diversity. In terms of technology and R&D, Shenzhen is far greater place than London where I lived for 7 years.

[@dimebagsoul]

@@jessriy We have different point of view on what defines a great city. If the criteria for you is business, technology and infrastructure yes SZ is pretty awesome. But the thing is that you can have all that living in a place where you're surrounded by unoriginal clones and ugly piles of concrete and glassy buildings, does it provide you happiness?

[@jessriy]

@@dimebagsoul stop even talking about clones. The development of mankind is copying each other to make even greater things. Nothing is invented from the scatch. We are here doing greate innovative work here and what you saw are just ugly things that can be in everything places.

[@dimebagsoul]

@@jessriy "The development of mankind is copying each other to make even greater things" I guess that's one huge conceptual difference btw the mindset in china and elsewhere.

[@user-un7kr4xp5x]

深圳真的发展的太快了

[@ChinaMatters]

Yes

[@afunguynamedkawhi7959]

Deng Xiaoping, the greatest Chinese since Confucius. 😍😍🙏🙏

[@ArisAlamanos]

16:04 ...the French guy says "sky crapers" hahaha -- fantastic documentary nonetheless!

[@7Huang]

深圳早上上班都是小跑，我朋友30几岁了，还在利用业余时间提升学历

[@forrestfreeri794]

WE ARE WRITING THE HISTORY RIGHT NOW!

[@dimebagsoul]

Forrest Freeri yeah, making money and building piles of concrete. No culture, no history, no soul.

[@kennywong3839]

We are writing amazing history right now.

[@forrestfreeri794]

@@dimebagsoul I m flying my DJI, culture my ass.

[@LoongAqua]

Awesome city. Futuristic.

[@GeorgeBaily]

Excellent selection of very articulate interviewees!

[@user-nu6ww8bp2s]

邓公千古

[@user-us4jg7ck5w]

我们没这个称法！

[@LittleBearbrazil]

One day I'll live there !

[@arthurxin3661]

I am in Shenzhen waiting for you

[@Athrunwong]

The guy is working in Huami? i love their products!

[@joyceadson5420]

深圳云顶信息科技是做电动牙刷，华米旗下推出的产品

[@frederikawells2425]

God Bless China 👍🇨🇳

[@gaiawillis]

As a Person living in America I want to get out of here and move to Shenzhen.

[@gaiawillis]

American quality of life keeps dropping and the us is flailing in all directions in its desperation to stop the rise of china, I can't stand it here anymore. The only thing that can save amerikkka Is revolution and socialism.

[@terrific1290]

What if you're a Mandarin or Hokkien speaker and moved to Shenzhen? Is it difficult to integrate and learn Cantonese?

[@yldlite9198]

I’ll move to there in 2 months, I’ll tell you that then

[@planthumor8103]

80% of the people in Shenzhen are from other provinces out of Guangdong, so the Mandarin is the first language here, but eventually you will learn the Cantonese after you come here😆😆😆

[@zl4101]

Shen Zhen is a City of immigrants, the natives are the minority, most people are from all over China

[@LaowaiDaveJCP]

That relatively shabby looking vibrant street in the beginning is shown at a recently done DW DOCUMENTARY and the narrator emphasized "this is the real China hidden behind the shiny skyscrappers and they've somehow managed to get some rare footage as bringing camera isn't alllowed there" lol

[@a9udn9u]

I wish I chose Shenzhen instead of Beijing after graduation.

[@vinodkumar-xr6jm]

Great CHINA, love my CHINA, my beloved country. Love Xi Jinping... I request indian PM to come in China see what is development. For him development is one tunnel & one statute, that's also built by CHINA.

[@SumitPalTube]

Hail from India!

[@ramnath9598]

Mumbai is more clean beautiful country then senhzen china

[@dylanwang9192]

Ram Nath Shenzhen is more technologically advanced though

[@deedyfenton]

When it comes to Chinese New Year, Shenzhen and my city (which happens to be next to it) will be empty. I mean not a single person on the street!

[@ZekeSparx]

Too bad Laurent knows not how to pronounce the name of city he lives in correctly

[@reachout4715]

Can lndia and China be neighbour like America and Canada?????

[@love-lj7rr]

It's absolutely possible if everyone wishes them to be

[@yldlite9198]

Gotta ask US first if they allow us to do

[@jiejian7701]

Buddy, that is a bad example. Who will be canada, a puppet dog of US?

[@cocaineminor4420]

Na man Russia is like Canada and China is like USA.

[@cocaineminor4420]

Mexico is India

[@NienyuanLee]

Amazing

[@markd7824]

im looking forward into moving in shenzhen tbh.

[@sachinrathod6620]

Love from India and their hard work people's of china

[@vinodkumar-xr6jm]

Shenzhen , city of Advanced technologies ❤️🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳❤️

[@user-mm9nn9gf9w]

Shenzhen will have a better tomorrow

[@accrris1224]

我倒是挺希望看到雄安新区建起来的，那将会更不一样。

[@ahmedziadi26]

我爱中国

[@kennywu3984]

SZ is a city of hard working and proud dream seekers!

[@yashfready9083]

Beautiful City and Cute Peoples

[@henderajoshua6745]

very interesting, i heard a lot about shenzen.

[@nicholashirayama213]

I think we can all agree on a few things. Firstly many of us respect China as a country of rich heritage and culture. I personally admire the grit Chinese people, not only in the mainland, but else where in the world. Secondly, the world has benefited tremendously from China and it’s rise to economic new heights and for that we should all be grateful. Whether you like it or know it or not, the global economy would not exist today without China. The one thing that a lot of us are uneasy about, myself included, is the actions and commentary of the Chinese Communist Party. I’ve studied the roots of the arguments and why they are the way they are, and I understand where they are coming from. However there is no way such an authoritative regime can survive by constantly showing a giant middle finger to the rest of the world. There’s a lot more I wish to say, but my only hope is people like myself will one day get an opportunity to freely interact with the real China.

[@directxxxx71]

Real China? Like Japan to be occupied by a foreign country even after the end of cold war. Reading less China basing news will probably lead you to see why US are exaggerating China threat. Which is making an excuse to keep their military base opening on Japanese soil. US kept chip making technology out Japanese hands and forced you guys to sign Plaza Accord to devalue their dollers and overvalued the Japanese currency Yan. Which in turn cased the stagnation of Japanese economy for 30 years now. Now the Americans are playing the same old tricks again, rasing interest rat to put down their inflation rate which was caused by their rustless irresponsible dollar printing act. And in turn they are dragging the poor developing nations into bankruptcy. You Japanese must have developed Stockholm Symptoms to say Chinese government is aggressive ...

[@MuhammadAliGOAT]

16:03 Shenzhen sounded decent until I learned about the Sky Crappers

[@wangyang9468]

In fact, there were only 4 special economic areas in China, Shenzhen, Zhuhai, Shantou,and Xiamen. Not until1988 that Hainan province became special economic area.

[@wangyang9468]

frightone nearly all young Chinese people can read and speak some English. All Chinese have to study English if they want to get admitted by universities. Chinese is a totally different language system when compared to English. Chinese may use many different characters to present same meanings,for example, 日 is the word for the sun,but we also have 太阳，阳 to represent this meaning. At the same time, one character may have totally different meanings. 好，This character may represent good(adj), it can also mean very(adv), sometime we use it to mean okay as well. If you want to study Chinese, it’s better to find a chinese and just talk with him/her, your Chinese level will一飞冲天，进步神速. Fight on!

[@waterdropsfall]

Yeah, but the other three suck...

[@Tilak-Chatterjee]

Democracy Democracy karnay walay Mere Indian bhaio dakho Devolopment kasay hota hay

[@muse3992]

We need to change out govt😜

[@georgeflori7117]

@@muse3992 it is nothing about govt. it depends on people

[@harshhgupta7209]

George Flori there were same Chinese people before economic miracle when did not hall

[@vivekvadoliya9647]

The era of expansion is over. We/all wanted to see humanity as a multi-planetary species.

[@shamimakhtar-px7cm]

...with respect & honour...SQUARE

[@kuazexin]

Elaine' parents sound like they are from Fujian Province

[@andro7862]

3:51 These two are so cute

[@dheeraj6514]

太好电视

[@stevel5806]

其实已经有很多老外知道深圳了，中国的硅谷，未来城市

[@watersilverwailpail7163]

as really I couple believe this is shenzhen I live in shenzhen for about 12year, I couldn’t believe that this is shenzhenin 2024, that’s tech city

[@joejones8711]

16:04 "Sky crappers" lol

[@Rushour717]

Shenzhen, the Tech city of China

[@user-rk9sz2mi7w]

chi de ku zhong ku, fang weiren shang ren!

[@koa818]

Amazing Shenzhen

[@sinclairgan8826]

I will back.

[@high1719]

never been there 😣

[@sharebakarek8059]

Exactly dirty politics blocks most open minds... That crabs things down

[@high1719]

guess what? i admire Chinese people when they truely focus on their dream instead of judging next door neighbors based on political view! and if u r really into politics then join the party to contribute politically which is very challenging as well! I know how "commie" my comment seems but i've seen it working... so why not have an open mind atleast to observe?

[@ReachAroundStudios]

Had to get a close up of that bald guy's AP right off the bat

[@aneesch6622]

Goood chania iam Kashmiri I am very happy sooo beautiful

[@sandunjayasinghe9508]

Victories of Pele's Democracy..!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sandun Sri Lanka

[@qjtvaddict]

Sandun Jayasinghe HAHAHHAA most democracies are shitholes

[@playnite2188]

Are you calling China to have democracy? Are you chinese tho? Why do you feel important to demand other culture to do what you want?

[@georgeflori7117]

@@playnite2188 in fact China is so large that whether democracy or centralization has little inflence on people

[@TakiMakiGames]

@3:28 that pollution

[@VarietyGamerChannel]

That 40% of global manufacturing capacity.

[@jkigtehuioropsdfjoaw]

Shenzhen is the new New York

[@5koKirilov]

It really gets me when western programmes portray China as such a romantic place. And while Shenzhen is a nice place to visit, at the same time things are nowhere near as rosy as it is shown here.

[@metakatana]

It's also nowhere as shitty as people in the West often report it to be.

[@barrelrolldog]

lol this video is pure propaganda. unfortunately, as i like watching videos about shenzhen, cool place.

[@barrelrolldog]

@@metakatana xinjiang says hi

[@metakatana]

@@barrelrolldog We're talking about eastern China here. Xinjiang is not a stable area right now.

[@customersupport6253]

What are you talking about? This was made by CIPG who are owned by the Chinese Government. It says it below the video.

[@blablavionwu4289]

the french accent, lol

[@dudarsak7582]

Awesome Shenzhen..

[@Nway257]

China= 1b people And how do you invite people to live there in China when you are one billion people

[@koa818]

❤❤❤🇨🇳🇨🇳🇨🇳👍👍👍

[@Nway257]

Peace be upon Jackie Chan LoL 😂😙

[@guoliangmao8757]

那個最高樓沒台北101高

[@leiguo8680]

599m怎么可能没有101高

[@northkiufung8927]

哈哈哈……

[@jerrygereden]

这又要强行南波湾了吗 台北101是449米 深圳平安599米

[@qjtvaddict]

Maybe Texas Houston and San Antonio can become the economic zones of the US

[@tiriquitiki_2002]

12:23 WTF

[@tribefenatic]

2:30 the way the chinese stare at you when your meal order turns up

[@georgeflori7117]

why this white guy eat these meals like me? He should go to eat dry bread XDDD

[@waterdropsfall]

George Flori No, the guy was like 'he eats so much!'

[@georgeflori7117]

@@waterdropsfall I wonder because Chinese eat really much

[@waterdropsfall]

@@georgeflori7117 So the guy may be like"Omg how did he get so much weight by eating so little"

[@lacasadehonor9408]

where in china can i find women like dilraba?

[@huangzb8060]

KTV

[@gezhang4394]

台湾

[@kw5021]

It is a great place if you are rich and in need of a lung or maybe a heart !

[@salmaallam2594]

ح

[@danielrod1499]

Modern identity or occidental identity xD?

[@YYwb]

If you wear a tie and suit when going to work, you can name it yourself.

[@heidysanchezrosario7693]

Depends on how you define each...