Shanghai

Yangtze

China's mightiest waterway

• megacityUrban area exceeding ten million
• cosmopolitanCulturally sophisticated, internationally fluent
• skyscrapersExtremely tall urban buildings
• financialRelating to money

Mandarin · commerce · port · expatriates · nightlife · cuisine · infrastructure

harbor

Safe anchorage for ships

• containerThing for storing items
• shippingTransporting goods to destinations
• cargoTransported goods
• wharfShip docking structure

freight · logistics · trade · export · import · customs · shipyard · maritime

Tokyo

Japan's capital city

• SeoulSouth Korean capital city
• SingaporeSoutheast Asian city-state
• Hong KongChinese special administrative region
• TaipeiCapital of Taiwan

Bangkok · Osaka · Pacific Rim · gateway · trade · financial hub

skyscrapers

Extremely tall urban buildings

• high-riseMultistory tall building
• supertallOver 300 meters high
• observation deckElevated platform for sightseeing
• futuristicSuggestive of times ahead

landmark · architecture · glass · steel · modernism · nightscape

smoked fish

Cured, wood-flavored seafood

• rice cakesPuffed or pounded grain
• sweet-and-sourCombining sugar and acid
• savoryAppetizing, not sweet
• dim sumChinese small-plate tradition

street food

concessions

Things granted or yielded

• opiumNarcotic from scored seedpods
• colonialismDomination through foreign settlement
• art decoGeometric interwar design movement
• 1930sFourth decade, twentieth century

jazz age · extraterritoriality · taipan · refugees · wartime

Beijing

China's seat of government

• GuangzhouSouthern Chinese trading hub
• ShenzhenSouthern Chinese metropolis
• HangzhouEastern Chinese coastal city
• SuzhouHistoric Chinese garden city

Nanjing · Chengdu · Chongqing · Tianjin · Wuhan · Xi'an · Qingdao

crowded

Filled beyond comfort

• trafficMovement along routes
• neonInert illuminating element
• marketsTrade gathering places
• vendorsThose who sell goods

pedestrians · metro · congestion · fast-paced · energy · commuters · noise · vibrant

international

Concerning relations among countries

• multiculturalIncluding multiple ethnic traditions
• globalRelating to entire world
• diverseOf many types
• fashionableCurrently in style

trendy · luxury · jazz · art deco · metropolitan · affluent · polyglot · chic

Old City

Preserved walled urban center