China - Shenzhen - Waxwork Sculpture of Margaret Thatcher and Deng Xiaoping

A wax statue of Margaret Thatcher and Deng Xiaoping in an office building observation deck in Shenzhen, China. Shenzhen is China's first completely planned city. The city was commissioned to begin development in 1978 under Deng Xiaoping's Opening and Reform era. Built on top of farming villages, Shenzhen thrived throughout the 1980s and 1990s. From its original population of just a few hundred thousand farmers, Shenzhen now boasts over 15 million residents, all of whom are migrants, and has proved itself the industrial center of the Pearl River Delta Region in Southern China. That said, Shenzhen is slowing down and problems beyond those of economic growth are starting to emerge. Shenzhen is one of the cities where China's severe inequality can be seen on almost every street corner. Crime and labor violations are also proving difficult issues to tackle. (Photo by Ryan Pyle/Corbis via Getty Images)