The great Chinese fake-away

The church spire gleams in the evening sun, children scamper across the market square and punters sip pints of bitter in a canal-side Tudor pub. But rather than enjoying a bucolic corner of Ye Olde England, we are nearly 6,000 miles away - in tumultuous, smoggy Shanghai.

Thames Town, a spanking new replica of a quaint little British community, owes more to the Home Counties than to its location in the Far East. All that's missing is the roast beef and Yorkshire pudding (although there is a chippy!).

With photos.