Do you know what the biggest faux pas in Shanghai is...?

A model-turned-PR asks me to guess the worst social crime you can commit in Shanghai. It's not a very good game, to be honest. 'Child abuse?' I hazard. She shakes her head. 'No! It is to give someone a fake!' she says, just a little too solemnly. 'This is the worst thing! Unforgivable!' And then she wags her finger at me.

I'd suggest you read more of this report into Shanghai's big money at The Guardian's Observer Magazine.

It is kind of easy to forget how much money floats around this metropolis and country, but articles like these give you that non-too subtle nudge just in case that new skyscraper just happened to fail to do so.