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Shenzhen is a fully planned city and its urban areas include a large proportion of planned green space.  In his Shenzhen Daily articles  Evergreen Resort and Sihai Park, Nanshan James Baquet profiles two of Shenzhen’s many parks and reserves.

The Shenzhen Daily article Watchtowers found in Nanshan reports that a recent cultural relics census has identified 21 historic watchtowers in Shenzhen’s Nanshan District. The 21 watchtowers were built between 1910 and the 1920s.

A foundation laying ceremony for the construction of a miniature Ancient Tea Road, or southern Silk Road, has been held at Splendid China-China Folk Culture Villages theme park in OCT, Nanshan District, Shenzhen. Read more in the Shenzhen Daily article Replica of the past.

Next to Zhongshan Park in Nanshan District lies one of Shenzhen’s greatest treasures, Xin’an Ancient City. It has been a government seat on and off since 331, with its heyday in the Ming Dynasty when it became Dongguan Castle. To find out more about this significant site and the free “Culture and History Walks” in Shenzhen on Saturday mornings in October and November see James Baquet’s Shenzhen Daily article Xin’an Ancient City.

Here are some more of Shenzhen’s great attractions, from the Shenzhen Daily newspaper:

• Three Parks in Luohu
• Phoenix Mountain in Bao’an District
• Old Nanshan

The English language Shenzhen Daily newspaper has the latest news about Shenzhen and China including business, travel and entertaintment updates, and often features fascinating insights into Shenzhen’s historical and cultural attractions.