This morning after a coffee and a stroll on the Bund I happened to attract the interest of four Chinese art students from Beijing...

Very polite, fluent in several languages including my obscure one (

) and "celebrating in Shanghai". It's a pity I couldn't follow them to their art exhibition as I had a train to catch...

Thanks FT.
Originally Posted by RichardInSF
It's a scam and I'd feel very comfortable calling it that. Right up there with the "I'm an artist, see my artwork" scam. Check out the China board on the Lonely Planet forums for threads on this.