Hello everyone, for this border ecology, let’s talk a bit about the food safety around this two wonderful lands.
The first thing you have to know when you go to China is that the water is not drinkable. You have to buy some bottle in a shop or ask the hotel to give it. Every morning in the Marco Polo hotel the cleaning lady put some bottle in the room and we felt f […]

Introduction

During the whole CHIC experience we were working in or visiting places called Makerspaces. Makerspaces are places where people are allowed to make a bit of mess, it’s a very creative environment and it’s made for people who want to create, try and build new project without any pressure. Or that’s what we had in mind before coming to China.

X.Factory hosted us during […]

Today was the very last day of the trip adventure all together. For this, our supervisors had organised a scavenger hunt through the city. That aim to make us discover in more details and explore the less-known parts of Hong Kong. We all started at 10:30AM from HKUST and had to realize few objectives with 200HKD in our pocket, and all teams had a different first starting point.

During […]

Social media was pretty much everywhere during our stay here in Shenzhen and Hong Kong, but it took multiple forms, some of which were expected before leaving Switzerland, some not at all. It really made us reconsider how we use and how to leverage social media not only here, but also back home. In this brief report we will try to briefly explain the Chinese and Hongkonguese ecosystems, as well as […]

Monday
Back to work! Monday was a very packed day. We started with a presentation at HKinvest in the morning where we got to understand better the HongKong market which is really different from the one in Shenzhen. Then we visited ModernTerminals, a container-handling and logistics service. It was mindblowing to be able to see all the containers on the port from the top floor!

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Hello CHIC community,

Today is the last day of CHIC trip. We had the scavenger hunt and enjoyed the time at the beach together. These days were unforgettable memories for us. Now we would like to conclude our findings about consumption in China.

• Shenzhen

Visiting different companies is a rich experience for all of us. Indeed, we visited the Tencent headquarters and got […]

One country, two systems does it also count for education? The aim of this article is to highlight the differences and similarities between the education systems of Shenzhen (China) and Hong Kong. Through interviews, we gathered insights about the curriculum, habits and feelings of both systems.

When we were in Shenzhen we di […]

One country, two systems does it also count for education? The aim of this article is to highlight the differences and similarities between the education systems of Shenzhen (China) and Hong Kong. Through interviews, we gathered insights about the curriculum, habits and feelings of both systems.

When we were in Shenzhen we di […]

Hi everyone,

Here we are again, for another “Border ecologies” blog post. The text that is following will describe some of the differences Amandine Gini & Simone Sanso spotted during this journey, beginning in Shenzhen and ending in Hong Kong, around public spaces.

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Dear chic community,

As our trip to China comes to an end, it is time for some reflection in this special blog post. This post will be centered around the notion of “sharing economy” and will cover some of its aspects. In particular, we will try to compare when possible the similarities and differences between Hong-Kong and Shenzhen. Indeed, although these two cities are neighbors and share a b […]

Dear chic community,

As our trip to China comes to an end, it is time for some reflection in this special blog post. This post will be centered around the notion of “sharing economy” and will cover some of its aspects. In particular, we will try to compare when possible the similarities and differences between Hong-Kong and Shenzhen. Indeed, although these two cities are neighbors and share a b […]

After spending more than 10 days in Shenzhen and 5 days in Hong Kong, we were able to compare the differences and similarities between the two systems of the same country. This text will talk about both Hong Kong’s and Shenzhen’s public transportation systems.

We will first explain and describe the transportation methods in Shenzhen and Hong Kong, before concluding on the differences between th […]

Dear readers,

In this article, we will analyse the differences we can find about the theme « tourism » between Shenzhen and Hong Kong. Indeed, we have found a lot of disparities during our trip in these two cities.

First of all, let’s talk about the language. Surely it is important to inquire about the language or languages spoken in the country you are travelling in. We knew […]