Topic: Shanghai Trade

AIG's origins are traced back to 1919 in Shanghai, where it was allegedly financed by the opium trade before moving to New York in 1949. The segment also notes a familial connection between the company's founder and Kenneth Starr, the prosecutor who investigated Bill Clinton.

Hong Kong has transitioned into a high-priced banking hub as international trade action shifts to Shanghai. Dvorak recounts a story from the late 1990s about the difficulty of finding traditional Maoist clothing or posters in Beijing, as the local population had moved on from those cultural symbols.