If New York Is The New San Francisco,What Is China?

We're pretty sure we're falling into a trap of another man's making by posting this here youtube clip, with dividends to be reaped by one vagabond renegade internet-type or another. We'll leave it to 99 to clarify the why and the how, though at first blush it would seem like the kind of thing with a quasi-mid-to-late 90's backstory going on.