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Competition: five copies of Factory Towns in South China to be won

Competition: five copies of Factory Towns of South China to be won

Competition: we're giving readers the chance to win one of five books about cities around the Pearl River Delta in China, the largest industrial region in the world.

Congratulations to the winners! Evangelina Ong from Singapore, Penny Russell from the UK, Jeroen van Roie from Belgium, Benjamin van Loon from the USA and Jasmin Eastwood from the UK all won a copy of Factory Towns of South China.

Competition: five copies of Factory Towns in South China to be won

The book documents the rapid growth of cities such as Shenzhen, Dongguan and Foshan that have all sprung up in China's Guangdong province to accommodate international industrial demand.

Competition: five copies of Factory Towns in South China to be won

It presents images and stories of a wide range of factories; the products they manufacture and the people who work there.

Competition: five copies of Factory Towns in South China to be won

Organised like a guidebook and presented in a colourful, graphic style, it is peppered with maps, diagrams, photos and drawings.

Competition: five copies of Factory Towns in South China to be won

It also contains essays on urban planning, geography, architecture, sociology and anthropology, presenting a multi-disciplinary view on the topic.

Competition: five copies of Factory Towns in South China to be won

Written in both English and Chinese, the book is edited by Dutch architect Stefan Al and published by the Hong Kong University Press.

Competition: five copies of Factory Towns in South China to be won

This competition is now closed.

Competition: five copies of Factory Towns in South China to be won

Five winners will be selected at random and notified by email. Winners’ names will be published in a future edition of our Dezeen Mail newsletter and at the top of this page. Dezeen competitions are international and entries are accepted from readers in any country.

Competition: five copies of Factory Towns in South China to be won

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