Wenzhou, die Schuh-Stadt von China

“Success is in good shoes.” Nowhere does this old Chinese saying seem more apt than in Wenzhou. The port city produces almost all of China's eyeglasses, razors, keys, locks and 80 percent of all lighters sold worldwide. But above all, Wenzhou is the world's shoe capital. Nowhere else produces more shoes than here. But the industry is reaching its limits. Wenzhou-made shoes have long since become too expensive. Entrepreneurs like the factory owner Jian Ping Wang are therefore considering setting up branches in Africa, where production is cheaper. 360° - GEO Report took a look around the shoe metropolis and asked how today's China works.