Conserving Reform: A Community-Led Model for Maintaining Urban Memory and Global Heritage in Shekou

Click here to read this post in Chinese. Introduction: Critical Heritage Practice in the “Test Tube” In the lexicon of global capitalism, few places carry the symbolic weight of Shekou, the free-trade zone located at the southern-most point of Shenzhen’s Nanshan District in Guangdong Province, China. Officially established on January 31, 1979, as China’s “test tube” for economic reform, the city…