Hua Qiang Bei 华强北 Electronics Market in Shenzhen, China

Here is why it's easier to be a young electrical engineer or entrepreneur in China. Compared to my own youth in the West (where one was lucky to even have a local Radio Shack), in Shenzhen one can walk down to an entire district of tens of thousands of electrical component shops. Here is a walk in the first 2 floors of a 50 story building stuffed with such shops.... and this is but one of many such stores. It's a bit of a mess... with boxes everywhere, people yelling, even peoples' kids running around but they have absolutely everything there. On this trip I bought "the Mother of All" laser pointers (for uppity questions). Basically it's a 1,000 milliwatt laser (legal limit is usually 5 milliwatts). That is a bright enough laser to light a cigarette.

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Science & Technology

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• Hua Qiang Bei
• 华强北
• Electronics
• Components
• Market
• Shenzhen
• China

[redfernjs]

@GeorgeAndJenny yes yes an electrical engineers definition of heaven!!!

[GeorgeAndJenny]

oh man im so glad u video this xD i walked here also haha i bout few things from here as well i love that place xD and that elevator over and over again it never stop going top and more and more i was at one point thinking when the hell is it finish lol heaven for a guy who really loves electronics