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Varieties of English in the urban landscapes of Hong Kong and Shenzhen

Changing English landscapes around a Chinese border

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 August 2014

Anna Danielewicz-Betz  and
David Graddol
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The border between mainland China and Hong Kong has become one of the world's most fascinating linguistic divides. On one side lies the mainland Chinese city of Shenzhen, stretching the entire length of the border – an extraordinary urban development which in many ways epitomises the recent urbanisation of modern China. On the other side lies the Special Administrative Region (SAR) of Hong Kong (see Figure 1). It is not possible to cross from Hong Kong to mainland China by land without passing through one of the Shenzhen checkpoints.

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English Today , Volume 30 , Issue 3 , September 2014 , pp. 22 - 32
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2014 

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