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These past few days, rain has cleared Shenzhen skies and when the sun comes out, everything sparkles. Yesterday, I followed the rays to the Spring Cocoon, which has been opened for commercial use. The walk from Coastal City to the sports center was once landscaped to assert the SEZ’s green ambitions. However, the corridor is now under construction. In the east, another shopping mall and in the west, lest we have any doubts about the Municipality’s futuristic plans, China State Construction (中国建筑) has begun laying the foundations for the Aerospace Science and Technology Square. Impressions, below; past walk when the Cocoon was under construction, here.

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spring cocoon

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Nicknamed the spring cocoon (春茧),the Shenzhen Bay Stadium (built for the Universiade) is nearing completion. A group of Shenzhen photographers have taken night shots and, yes, the latest of Shenzhen’s architectural mania is stunning.

An earlier post shows what the area looked like a year ago, contextualized by a coastline shot from 2003.