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About Shenzhen

1. History
2. Geography
3. Districts of Shenzhen
4. Administrative divisions
5. Demographics
6. Climate
7. Economy
8. Sister cities

Shopping

Depending on your needs and budget, there are numerous places in which you can enjoy shopping. From the cheap dongmen outlet to the more expensive and posher coco park shopping center. Many youngsters choose to shop in wanxiangchen shopping center located in luohu district just opposite the famous diwang buiding. However, with shops like LV and GUCCI etc, the price is inevitably high. Visitors of wanxiangchen can enjoy more than just shopping, there is a large ice-ring situated at the top floor on which people can skate, apparently, the biggest closed-space ice ground within guangdong province.

Food

1. Food Streets
2. Best of Luohu
3. Best of Futian
4. Best of Shekou

Sight Seeing/Attractions

1. Dafen Artist Village
2. Sight Seeing Bus
3. Damei Sha
4. Poly Cultural Center
5. Shenzhen Grand Theater
6. Splendid China Folk Village
7. OCT Theme Parks
8. OCT East Theme Parks
9. Safari Park
10. Minsk
11. Fairlake - Know when it is not busy
12. Guangming Farm
13. Evergrean Restort
14. Go to top of Diwang or Saigai
15. Zhongyin Steet, Shopping Street
16. Dapeng Fortess
17. Guide to Xiangmihu
18. Central Business District
19. Getting away from the city
20. Kingway Brewery

Sports

1. Shenzhen Stadium
2. Team Building

Education

1. List of International schools in Shenzhen

Transportation

1. Train/KCR
2. Airport
3. Metro
4. Shenzhen Travel Cards (Shenzhen Tong)
5. Ferry
6. Buses
7. Taxies
8. How to apply for a driving license

Border Crossing

1. Luohu Station
2. Wenjindu
3. Huanggang
4. Lok Ma Chau/Futian
5. Western Corridor
6. Shekou Port
7. Shatoujiao
8. Shenzhenwan
9. Tips, when to go and when not to go
10. Connecting Flights
11. Point of departure

Health

1. List of hospitals in Shenzhen

Housing

1. Buying an apartment
2. Renting an apartment(Rent ranges)

Money ATMs, Exchange & Banking

1. Counterfeit Money
2. Western Union
3. Opening a bank account
4. ATMs in Shenzhen
5. Currency Exchange

Communications

Telephones

1. Long Distance phone calls
2. Important Numbers
3. Long Distance
4. Post Office/Snail Mail
5. Packages & Parcels
6. Cell Phones
7. China Mobile
8. China Unicom

Internet

1. ADSL
2. Cable
3. Wireless
4. Modem

Working in Shenzhen

1. Teaching English
2. Major Companies in Shenzhen

Visa issues

1. Lost Passports
2. List of Visa agencies in Shenzhen
3. Getting a visa in Hong Kong
4. Registering at the police stations

Types of China Visas

1. Class Visa (Tourism Visa)
2. Class Visa (Business Visa)
3. APEC Business Travel Card
4. Class Visa (Work Permit)
5. Special "E" Class Visas available at Luohu Boarder crossing