OK to mark the below as off topic …

Ah, I remember Shenzhen, stayed back in those days at the Shenzhen Bay hotel. It was our company’s contract hotel. Beds were hard as a rock. Don’t leave your electronics in the room (it wouldn’t get stolen but it may have been “accessed”.) Take showers with your eyes closed. Bring a bottle cheap scotch to sanitize your metal utensils (also light them off with your lighter but that may cause a disturbance). Across the street was a new WalMart, the fresh food section was also like the fresh market, i.e. live seafood critters in the fish tanks. (Not just lobster like in the U.S.) TsingTao beer was only 35 cents a bottle (after converting from RMB). Remember drinking a sip of fresh tea at LoWu, until my compadre reminded us why the Army gave us shots before sending us overseas.

I also remember the warehousing businesses in Hong Kong. I learned that temporary storage for raw materials is a big business. Because if raw material gets unused on the mainland for six months you get taxed for “dumping”. So it was cheaper to send it to Hong Kong for temporary storage, then later send it back to the mainland to avoid the “tax”.