Less a travelogue than a work trip journal, Guy Delisle supervises outsourced animation work in Shenzhen special economic zone sometime in the late 90s. Some aspects of this book made me think of Factory Girls, which followed the lives of workers in the next town over, Dongguan. In addition to telling us about his time in Shenzhen, Delisle once more pulls the curtain back on some aspects of animation (similar to Pyongyang). Delisle spends his time working long hours, eating, trying to meet people, & being bored. I don't remember boredom, meting people, or eating being such big factors in Pyongyang. There are some cool cityscapes & views of late 90s Shenzhen. I was amused that Delisle shows himself reading & thinking about the account of the hostage who he would later write about in his book Hostage.