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The Building Site

Jonathan Glancey investigates the development of a megalopolis in one part of China

Shenzhen is a former fishing village that has become part of a plan to create the world's first megalopolis of 40 million people, encompassing the whole of the Pearl River delta. At odds with this, is a tiny minority trying to restore and conserve its historic sites. The first of two programmes (programme two is missing).

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28 minutes

成人快手 World Service Archive

This programme was restored as part of the World Service archive project