The twenty-mile drive from Hong Kong International Airport to the center of Shenzhen, in southern China, can take hours. There is customs to negotiate and a border to cross, but they aren’t the problem; the problem is the furious pace of commerce between the former British colony . . . (Subscription required.)
via The New Yorker http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2014/01/06/140106fa_fact_specter