45 years ago this was a fishing village of 30,000 people. Today it's a city of 18 million that makes most of the world's electronics — and after walking it for days, I think it might be the closest thing on Earth to the future. This is Shenzhen: the world's biggest electronics market, palm-payment supermarkets, drone deliveries, $60 hotels with robot room service — and the parts nobody puts in the highlight reel.
CHAPTERS
0:00 The city that shouldn't exist
0:57 1980: China draws a line on the map
3:16 Huaqiangbei — the world's biggest electronics market
5:23 The future is normal here
7:15 What Shenzhen actually costs
10:19 The honest downsides
12:41 My verdict — and where I'm going next
Everything in this video was filmed by me in China. New videos from the trip every week — subscribe if you want the next city.
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