China's rapid urbanisation is mirrored by Shenzhen city's genesis and growth around the border area (with Hong Kong) of Lowu, a group of fishing villages of little more than 30,000 people in the late 1970s to today's population of more than 12 million. The urbanisation of the Pearl River Delta (the fastest in China| has been driven primarily by the development of mono-type 'factory towns' catering for products 'Made in China'. These factory towns house mainly migrant workers, and follow a repetitive pattern of self-organised urban development and generic buildings.
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