Just a strange tidbit of news I picked up: apparently a Japanese company considers Shanghai to be just a game. Literally. In fact it is called Super Shanghai 2005 and you can get it for Playstation 2. It is basically some sort of puzzle strategy game.
Great, now I can play Shanghai virtually as well as in reality, planning my strategy, and hopefully winning rewards. Unfortunately the game does not dispense these rewards in the form of RMB. Too bad.