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China vs Shenzhen - What's the difference?

china | shenzhen |

As proper nouns the difference between china and shenzhen

is that china is a country in East Asia, officially named the People's Republic of China (中华人民共和国) while Shenzhen is a sub-provincial city in the south-east of China, the third largest city, in the province of Guangdong.

As a noun china

is the root of a climbing plant, Smilax china L., once believed to have important medicinal properties.

china

English

(wikipedia China)

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • A country in East Asia, officially named the People's Republic of China ().
  • A region in East Asia comprising the areas governed by the People's Republic of China and the Republic of China (Taiwan).
  • The civilization of the Chinese people.
  • (very rarely) A female given name.

    • Derived terms

    * China Hand * Chinaman * China syndrome * Chinese * sinophobia

    See also

    * * * * * Cathay * * all the tea in China * made in China

    Anagrams

    * (l) ----

    shenzhen

    English

    (wikipedia Shenzhen)

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • A sub-provincial city in the south-east of China, the third largest city, in the province of Guangdong.
  • * In 1979 Shenzhen was a small border city of some 30,000 inhabitants that served as a customs stop into mainland China from Hong Kong. (Encyclopædia Britannica )
  • * ...The first four special economic zones were created in 1980 in southeastern coastal China and consisted of what were then the small cities of Shenzhen, Zhuhai, and Shantou in Guangdong province and Xiamen (Amoy) ... (Encyclopædia Britannica )
  • * Shenzhen municipal government will give top priority to developing its modern logistics and finance sectors and building the industries into the city's pillar sectors in the following years. (China Daily; November 8, 2006 )