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Word: waigaoqiao (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2001-2001
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Usage:

...their part to open the nation to the world. Back in Shanghai, the 2,000 workers on Lansheng's assembly line overseen by manager Gong are molding, stitching and boxing the thousands of shoes, which will then be loaded into the 12-m containers that accumulate at Shanghai's Waigaoqiao port. There, the big shipping lines - American President, Mitsui OSK, Mediterranean Shipping - stack them up and move them out to the world. "China's door is open," says Gong. "It's impossible to close...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Asian Voyage: In the Wake of the Admiral | 8/20/2001 | See Source »

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