#Shenzhen, #China. During our trip to Hong Kong, I also had to dip into the world’s capital of electronics (and #e-waste).

I now visited the holy Eastern trinity of Huaqiangbei in CN, Akihabara in Tokyo, and Guanghua Digital Plaza in Taipei. Shenzhen’s district has the most paralyzing busyness.

A random screenshot showing a Shenzhen skyline. Old high-rises next to new ones Insinde one of the specialized markets, this one for Smartphone casesThe famous SEC tower in Shenzhen from the inside. Like in Taipei yet so different. Accessories, newest solar stuff, ICs, laptops; and next door you get your stolen phone back. It used to be more specialized and down to the wiring in these markets, so that you could virtually rebuilt an iphone from scratch. Now that's moved to Taobao and the Ali platforms. Having your local shop got to expensive