In the debut episode of season 2, presenter Melissa Hyak travels to Shanghai, China, to soak in the atmosphere of everything “huayu”! She meets a fellow presenter from the local news station and is issued the challenge of reading a piece of news in Mandarin. Together, they meet a young internet user who teaches them a thing or two about the evolving internet language in China, before proceeding to a restaurant to figure out the flowery, lyrical names of their dishes. Melissa also meets an up-and-coming multimedia artist who puts a spin on traditional Chinese art forms, and they visit a modern art gallery to uncover traditional propaganda posters.

Originally released by CINEFETE, 2011. Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on April 30, 2018.

Meet Linda He Jian and Qian Yichen (4:04); --Latest Chinese Internet Language (3:43); -- Shanghai Cuisine (7:01); -- Shanghai's Historical Buildings (6:53); -- Credits: Hooked on Huayu (Series 2): Episode 1 (0:36);.