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what are our expectations? which of the things we desire are within reach? if not now, when? and will there be some left for me? i took a walk through this beautiful world felt the cool rain on my shoulder found some something good in this beautiful world i felt the rain getting colder sha la la la la sha la la la la sha la la la la sha la la la la china s younger generation is driving a growth in consumption. this is where the real power is china. if you live in manhattan like i do and you think you live in the center of the world, this place, shanghai, will confront you with a very different reality. turn down a side street, it s an ancient culture. a centuries-old mix of culinary traditions, smells, flavors. a block away, this. an ultra modern, clanging cash register, levels of wealth, luxury, the sheer volume of things and services unimagined by the greediest, most bourgeois of capitalist imperialists. the city split b ....
Then serve. and because we like it to burn, thomas orders some laza zhideng, a spicy chicken dish. hei means energy, life force, or breath. and that s what you re looking for. the vestigal flavor, the essence of a very old, carefully seasoned cooking vessel. oddly enough, thomas tells me there s no mandarin or at least shanghainese word for wok, it s simply called a cooking pot, to which i say, i really do know nothing about this country. fantastic, wow. it s actually so-so. yeah? ....
Working-class chinese from the worker s paradise. mei ning, a bus driver, and dong yunyang, his bride-to-be. today is their wedding day, and custom must be observed. when it comes to weddings the chinese have always gone big, and these days, bigger still. lots of food, lots of booze, lots of people getting crazy, which is why thomas and i have become wedding crashers. the constellation bar for a pre-wedding drink. the classic chinese cocktail, the moscow mule. okay, maybe not chinese. these are good. thomas: yeah. this is the reason i love this place. anthony: are you married? thomas: no, no. anthony: no, not yet? thomas: i m not i m not a big fan of marriage. anthony: you ve been to weddings, yes? thomas: yes. anthony: have you ever crashed a wedding before? thomas: no. ....
Damage. i m gonna go in, i m gonna look around, i m gonna see how things work. and i ll leave without disturbing anything. would most hackers say that that s okay? thomas: yes. yes. anthony: it s in the service of knowledge, that s thomas: that s okay for most the hackers in our communities. i was lucky, i got into a very big, big hacker community here in shanghai and met a lot of great mentors. anthony: started in business at 21? thomas: exactly. anthony: quite an accomplishment. thomas: i didn t go to the college. anthony: you didn t go to college? thomas: i didn t go to the college. anthony: why not? thomas: most professors are way behind the, uh, the the development speed of the communities. anthony: why? your thomas: because anthony: your country is so advanced in so many other ways, why in this area? thomas: it s a network problem here in china. uh, we have the gfw. it s a great firewall and it blocked a lot of, uh, important information webs ....
Chinese who are asked the question, do you feel that your life will be better next year? 85% said, yes, it will be better next year. this is an extraordinary thomas: number. anthony: number. i don t know a lot of other countries that would say that. thomas: uh, yeah. anthony: well, that looks great, those are famous. thomas: they are chicken. anthony: chicken. thomas: chicken, uh anthony: mmm. so good. thomas: not bad. anthony: you know i m finding this food really, really delicious and you re you re saying it s just it s okay. thomas: it s so-so. it s really so-so. anthony: it s so-so. [ thomas laughs ] anthony: oy yoy, wow! tech: at safelite autoglass ....