DALIAN, Nov. 3 (Xinhua) Oscar was expelled for being involved in a tussle after making four assists to guide Shanghai Port to a 5-1 win over Shanghai Shenhua
he was out of college. he suggested we meet at er guang wonton. and, there may be wonton stalls all over shanghai, but bill says this one, this one is the one. so you re an english teacher? bill: yes, yes. anthony: uh, most of the people i meet, uh, of chinese background who speak english have their teachers were british, sometimes australian, or new zealand and they have those expressions and that accent. maybe more and more these days, i guess, younger generations, there s more and more of that sort of tv accent. is that good or bad? bill: uh, i think it s good. you know, uh, tv series, especially american tv series, are so popular in, in china. anthony: what are the most popular american shows in in china? bill: uh, right now, uh, house of cards . anthony: house of cards ! bill: yeah, so popular. anthony: house of cards ! bill: yes. anthony: of that s really interesting. why what do you think the appeal is here? bill: you know, in the show, in americ
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 wine here. not for nothing. anthony: not for nothin . tim: not for nothing. anthony: not for all right. shanghai chef jackie xu prepares a meal of a style that will become without a doubt, more and more typical and in demand here among those who can afford it. and more and more people every day can afford it. tim: what is it? so we have tomato and potato and that s it. what else do we have? jackie: roasted tomahawk. anthony: australia
archival voices: china s younger generation is driving a growth in consumption. this is where the real power is china! anthony: 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. the centuries-old mix of culinary traditions, smells, flavors. a block away, this. an ultra-modern, ever-clanging cash register, levels of wealth, of luxury, the sheer volume of things and services unimagined by the greediest, most bourgeois of capitalist imperialists.
face the whole world. anthony: what is the future? i don t know. but to a very great extent, it is surely being determined here. is there a plan? probably not. only appetites. and increasingly, the means to fulfill those appetites, those dreams and aspirations. who will drive the car that takes us to wherever we are going? they will be young, whoever they are, and not unlike yao minji, a 30-year-old shanghai native educated in the usa at wellesley, currently a features reporter for the shanghai daily. she may be the picture of modern china, but this is minji s favorite restaurant, chun. china and shanghai in particular might be transforming fast, but this place stays resolutely the same. mrs. qu runs the place, serving classic, home-style shanghainese.