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Shenzhen special economic zone

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Shenzhen special economic zone

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Shenzhen special economic zone is a recurring place in the Astral Codex Ten archive, appearing 2 times across 2 issues between April 14, 2021 and July 05, 2021. The archive places it in contexts such as “When China created the Shenzhen special economic zone”; “The obvious example is that the Shenzhen special economic zone did well enough”. It most often appears alongside Central Park, Charter Cities Institute, Ciudad Morazán.

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  • Category: Places
  • Mention count: 2
  • Issue count: 2
  • First seen: April 14, 2021
  • Last seen: July 05, 2021

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Recovered passages from the original issue text. When the raw archive preserved outbound links inside the source passage, they are listed directly under the quote.

Prospectus On Próspera
April 14, 2021 · Original source
When China created the Shenzhen special economic zone, its success didn’t just enrich Shenzhen. It became the evidence that Chinese liberals used to enact reforms across the whole country, and Chinese GDP per capita dectupled over the next thirty years. And Vietnam saw China’s success and liberalized its own markets, and GDP there sextupled. And then Laos saw Vietnam’s success and liberalized its markets, and GDP there tripled. And before you know it, a billion and a half people were lifted out of poverty.
Model City Monday
July 05, 2021 · Original source
But they add a caveat: this is just the really direct, easy-to-model effects from the people in the city getting richer. There are still potential indirect effects from charter cities serving as “laboratories of government” (eg one of them might try a new policy, it might be great, and then bigger countries might adopt it). The obvious example is that the Shenzhen special economic zone did well enough that it convinced the Chinese leadership to try capitalism more generally, with world-changing results.