Syncing with the team in Chongqing – the city of 30 million souls that most non-locals have never heard of. If you want to understand mainstream China you need to understand the aspirations and dynamics of Chongqing. And so it flows.

In week that has taken in Tokyo to San Francisco to Portland to Chongqing and, if this next plane leaves on time Shanghai in time for the weekend, I can’t help but pause for breath.