Shenzhen: A Travelogue from China

Shenzhen: A Travelogue from China is a comic book written by the Canadian Québécois author Guy Delisle.

It documents Delisle's three-month deployment in December 1997 to Shenzhen, a big city developed by the People's Republic of China near Hong Kong.

Unlike in Hong Kong, there are not many bilingual Chinese so he has language problems during his stay, including with the interpreters at work.

Among his experiences of life in Shenzhen include a visit to a Chinese dentist to cure a toothache, but after seeing the unhygienic conditions of the clinic, he is relieved to find out it is just a case of mesialization.

Since the main leisure activity in Shenzhen is shopping, Delisle tries to read books, works for L'Association's Lapin magazine, and buys Chinese artbooks (drawings by children, Wang Chi Yun, Hu Buo Zhong).