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Video: when Hong Kong still had junks and rickshaws, and Shenzhen didn’t exist
Footage shot by Frenchman shows a city very different to the built-up metropolis we know today
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Take a step back to 1968 Hong Kong in this video shot by Frenchman Jean-Pierre Sauvager. Look out for the once-ubiquitous rickshaw, the Jumbo floating restaurant, traditional junk sailing boats and – most astoundingly – shots of a green Shenzhen before it was developed into China’s first special economic zone.
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