Over at Make, Gareth Branwyn has written a terrific introduction to the "mutant urban marvel that is Shenzhen, a southern Chinese city that’s become not only a global mass market electronics manufacturing juggernaut, but also a place where tiny startups flock to incubate their products and get them to market as quickly and inexpensively as possible."

http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/LbwdZtbah9M/shenzhen-where-tiny-startups.html