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Whats clear very quickly here is the way china claims things are, the way things are supposed to be as far as permissible social media and accessed information, and the way they actually are -- two different things. meet thomas yao. hacker turned entrepreneur. he recently received significant start-up money to build what he calls an open-source project sharing platform to connect chinese college students with the world. >> when you say hacking, what is -- what do you do when you hack? whats the ...

Wasabe. >> a lot of chinese restaurant in new york. >> i grew up in the 50s and 60s, and even then, chinese -- restaurant chinese food was really an essential part of being a new yorker. i mean, if you didnt know how to use chopsticks as a new yorker, you were a terrible new yorker. >> do you know how to speak like a brooklyn person? >> its a tough accent. queens is easier, you know, its more of a -- i cant -- i mean, i lived right next to it my whole life. >> can you say -- >> the accent? a bro...

Mostly with some must haves, booze, whiskey all for the guest. >> this is like a traditional china wedding. >> i know. i do this every week pip go from hotel to hotel and i crash weddings. >> okay. >> roast duck, that i will or some beef fried in garlic sauce. steamed turbo with scallions. >> the wedding in china will have this kind of meal for whole two days. whole weekend. >> im telling you, we should do this every week. ill come back. im going to move to shanghai. and you and me, twice a week...

To be rich is glorious. all isms are wasims. dig deep, and its an always about the money. meet tim sei, man of communist china, man of impeccable taste, one. >> take the seawater out. replace with champagne. have it only once, company like it. >> he likes nice things, and he makes donald trumps empire look like the back of pauley d.s van. >> where are these from? theyre great. >> france. >> theyre in good shape. >> probably kept them happy. flying in jet with seat belt, so theyre nice and happy ...

Savory, perfectly designed, perfectly shaped delivery vehicles for pure pleasure. and the allure of shanghai style pork chop served with the local take on the worcestershire sauce. its irresistible. >> so i really believe that the world is converging and china will again be privatizing more and more. but the difficulty, nowadays its just the technology is so advanced we dont really need that many people to do things that many people used to do. whats the population? 7 billion people. the world p...

A happy, riotous, delicious torrent of food. but the government, as governments do, are tightening the screws. old is bad, new is good. not everybody thinks this is a good idea, though. bill wang was born in shanghai and studied here at the university. he began teaching english before he was out of college. he suggested we needed a wonton. and there might be wonton stalls all over shanghai, but bill says this one, this one, is the one. so youre an english teacher? >> yes. yes. >> most of the peo...

This is a socialist country, supposedly. >> yeah. >> a communist country, supposedly. it is in fact, from all the evidence ive ever seen, the most dynamic capitalist country on earth. what do you think of that? >> i think a lot of my western friends come here thinking china is a posh version of north korea or the party controls everything. but they come here, theyre surprised its actually not that much. they do seem to be promoting the free market even more with the free trade boom, just establi...

To come to china and to shanghai in particular, but these babies, done right, these things alone are worth the trip. ground pork and shrimp, folded exactly and always 20 times inside freshly made, individually rolled out dough. as theyre steamed, the delicious, delicious fat renders into a soup of the gods which then, if youre not careful, causes unforgettable maxillofacial damage as it changes your life forever. >> so good. >> in the china of the future, places like that, fushan jiao long, will...

>> nothing nothing. >> not for nothin. >> enough for nothing. >> not -- all right. >> shanghai chef jackie shu prepares a meal of a style that will become more and more in demand among those who can afford it. and more and more people every day can afford it. >> what is it? >> so we have tomato and potato and thats it. >> australian wagyu beef, a massive, perfectly cooked tomahawk chop. coming in the door at up to $150,000 a pound. that includes bones and fat. this is about $1,000 worth of steak...

In love with. walk down the street and look in any direction, and theres something to eat. i may not know what it is immediately, but chances are its good. we talk about foodies, and what the hell does that mean? by current definition, best i understand it, that makes just about every chinese person i ever laid eyes on a foodie. which is to say a perfectly reasonable person who enjoys and pays attention to where the good stuff is. look at this. one street, and look, stuffed oysters, grilled over...