 | | Liu Yi of China, partnering with Chen Boyang, plays in the men’s doubles against South Korea’s Kim Won‑ho and Seo Seung‑jae at the Li‑Ning China Masters 2025 badminton tournament, which opened yesterday at the Shenzhen Sports Center in Futian District. The Chinese pair lost 1–2 to the South Koreans. The tournament, which runs through Sept. 21, features more than 200 players from 17 countries and regions and offers a total prize pot of US$1.25 million. This is Shenzhen’s third consecutive year hosting the event. Metro: Line 6 to Sports Center Station (体育中心站), Exit B |
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| ‘Pretend-to-work’ offices surge in popularity | | IN the Chinese TV series “A Little Reunion,” released in the summer of 2019, middle-aged father Fang Yuan pretended to go to work every day after being laid off. Lately, a similar scenario has been playing out in real life with the emergence of so-called “pretend-to-work” companies in Shenzhen and other Chinese cities — people are actually paying to simulate a day at the office. ... | |
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| Shenzhen to receive power from Xizang | | Construction began yesterday on the world’s largest clean-energy high-voltage direct-current transmission project, which will carry electricity from southeastern Xizang to the Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macao Greater Bay Area, China Southern Power Grid Co. Ltd. announced. The 2,681-km route runs across Xizang, Yunnan, Guangxi, and Guangdong — from Xizang’s Changdu to Shenzhen. When commissioned in 2029, it is expected to deliver over 43 billion kilowatt‑hours of electricity annually ... | |
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