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And this to round things out. yan du shin, a clay pot soup of bean curd-based stock with salted pork belly, tofu ribbons, and bamboo shoots. >> mm. oh, good flavor. this is a socialist country, supposedly. >> yeah. >> a communist country, supposedly. it is in fact, from all the evidence that i've ever seen, the most dynamic capitalist country on earth. what do you think about 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, they're surprised it's actually not that much. they do seem to b...

More and more of that sort of tv accent. is that good or bad? >> i think it's good. you know, tv series, especially american tv series are so popular in china. >> what are the most popular american shows? >> right now, "house of cards." >> "house of cards"? >> yeah. so popular. >> "house of cards"? >> yes. >> that's really interesting. what do you think the appeal is here? >> you know, in the show, americans talk about presidents. in china there's no way you can talk about those sensitive topics. so many people love that show. it's really, really good. >> wow. that's really a surprise to me. w...

>> when i first came to china, it was for business, and one after the other everyone at the table came up and said, ah, mr. bourdain, i would like to do a drink with you. all of it. i didn't know how to politely say no. i can't, i can't. i just kept doing it and doing it. i got super [ muted ] up. i ended up going like to karaoke. i ended up singing a billy idol song. i think i sang "white wedding." she's making it a personal mission to get me seriously drunk. i'm just wondering how you got out of that. when i sat down and looked around the table i tried to figure out who at this table was

>> that's the problem, i guess. >> it looks to me, china in general, shanghai in particular, is changing very, very fast. >> very, very fast. >> every time i come it's different. in your recent memory, the last ten years, what's the most noticeable change to you? >> food like this is becoming more and more difficult to find. this is handmade. tyou have two options... afyou can stay inside., or get behind the wheel of the jeep grand cherokee with an available best-in-class

No serious enemy. no major wars. >> right. >> so the manufacturing industry really took off. internally, it's reform and open-door policy. every country willing to trade with china. >> there's certainly no doubt that at this point we -- our destinies are inextricably bound up, we are hopelessly -- our economies are hopelessly intermingled. if one fails, the effect would be disastrous. >> global impact. >> to say the least. >> it's certainly -- >> [ speaking in chinese ] >> this is what i was waiting for. >> xiaolongbao, literally small steaming basket buns. but i translate them in my head to p...