Exterior of the "container house" near the 107 National Highway, Xinwu Street, Shenzhen Bao'an District, March, 17, 2010.
Inside a container house.
 Outer gates of the container housing area near the 107 National Highway, Xinwu Street, Shenzhen Bao'an District, on March, 17, 2010.[ |
Revamped containers become a new type of affordable housing, near the 107 National Highway, Xinwu Street, Shenzhen Bao'an District.
It attracts hundreds of people by offering 6 yuan/night rental fee. For nearby residents, the low price is a good way for them to settle down in a metropolitan area like Shenzhen, where buying or renting a traditional house would be a big expense.
Cheap rates are advertised on posters on the wall of a container: 6 yuan/day in Shenzhen Bao'an District on March, 17, 2010.
Clothes and linens hang outside the container house near the 107 National Highway, Xinwu Street, Shenzhen Bao'an District on March, 17, 2010.[
A grocer eats in his own store inside a container near the 107 National Highway, Xinwu Street, Shenzhen Bao'an District, on March, 17, 2010
Women finish their meals in the container house near the 107 National Highway, Xinwu Street, Shenzhen Bao'an District, on March, 17, 2010.
Revamped kitchen inside a container near the 107 National Highway, Xinwu Street, Shenzhen Bao'an District.
A security guard reads the newspaper in his container house near the 107 National Highway, Xinwu Street, Shenzhen Bao'an District, on March, 17, 2010.