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He's also the president of roosevelt china investments, a very old company with a long history doing business here, created by the roosevelt family, maybe you've heard of them. this is his clubhouse. really, the house of roosevelt on the bund, right in the middle of it all. wine is big here now. the french chateaus, more and more they look to china as the indicators of price, as the market maker. tim alone has stocked around 4,000 labels here. china in general bought 2 billion bottles of red wine last year alone. think about that for a minute. they are now the leading market for red wine in th...

>> tim: thank you. >> anthony: hi, guys. well, this is nice. >> tim: hi. >> anthony: tim has invited me to dinner alongside a few people that have taken full advantage of the booming economy in china. there's eva wang, an architect and designer. daniel zhung, a real estate developer. and koko xu, a party planner. so you eat like this all the time? nice wine cellar? >> tim: uh, twice a night. today we're surrounded by southern french wine and northern italian wine. >> anthony: mm-hmm. >> tim: and if you like, you can eat in different district of wine country every night. >> anthony: isn't this ...

A -- more of a -- i can't -- i mean, i lived right next to it my whole life. >> tim: can, can't you say one -- >> anthony: but i mean, the -- the accent? >> tim: no, we don't want to hear, one -- >> anthony: a brooklyn expression? >> tim: tonight i just want to hear -- >> anthony: not for nothin'. >> tim: huh? >> anthony: not for nothin'. >> tim: that -- that's brooklyn? >> anthony: not for nothin', but -- >> tim: not for nothin'. >> anthony: not for nothin', but, uh, you know, i could really use a little more wine. >> tim: yeah! >> anthony: not for nothin'. no, no, no. >> tim: get some red wi...

Southern french wine and northern italian wine. >> anthony: mm-hmm. >> tim: and if you like, you can eat in different district of wine country every night. >> anthony: isn't this supposed to be communist china? i mean, it seems like a very -- >> tim: can i ask one question? are there any one of our communist party comrades party members? >> anthony: no, no, i'm kidding. i'm a bit of a red diaper baby, but, no, what i mean to say is, it just seems that the realm of the possible here is very big. >> daniel: absolutely. it's a big stage. >> anthony: mm-hmm. >> daniel: i mean, in new york city, or...

And i think food is the best weapons on earth to make peace. it's the food, it's the drink. we have better peace on earth and you're probably the united nations ambassador. >> anthony: in time. >> tim: and these little shrimps are from south pole and only new zealand has the right to farm them. try it, with your wasabi you like. >> koko: a lot of chinese restaurant in new york? >> anthony: 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 didn't know how to use chopsticks as a new yorker, you were ...