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2010. 9 July
Our man in Shanghai: America's pavilion at Expo 2010 in Shanghai is underwhelming, even with a fine performance by a young actress named Rain, perhaps because of caution on the part of corporate sponsors.
The USA Pavilion's restaurant (Urso Chappell, ExpoMuseum.com)by Knute Berger
(crosscut.com) The average American doesn't know that the largest world's fair ever held is taking place in Shanghai, China. Indeed, the average American might not even know what a world's fair is, since it's been a generation since one has been held in the USA. Click here >> more info...
127. Visit 14 Expo pavilions in four minutes
2010. 8 July
Visit 14 Expo pavilions in four minutes courtesy of Danwei’s Janek Zdzarski, with a soothing sound track and no Expo ticket required
(cnngo.com) With crowds reaching record numbers and Shanghai’s summer heat in full swing, it’s no wonder some are shying away from visiting the 2010 Expo. If you want to be there in spirit without fighting the crowds, Danwei’s Janek Zdzarski has put together a video of 14 of the most popular Expo pavilions crammed into four minutes.
Expect lots of quick shots of Expo crowds and 2010 pavilions including those from Germany (and a brief glimpse of the famous digital ball), Poland, Russia (which they make look like something straight out of “Alice in Wonderland”), The Netherlands, Italy, Denmark, France, Spain, DPRK (with a shot of the “Paradise for People” sign), Iran and China.
After checking this video out, if you do decide to go, you’ll be able to skip the major lines and go straight to our favorite part of the 2010 Expo, the Expo bar crawl.
Source: www.cnngo.com128. Blood donation - Tickets to Expo
2010. 6 July
(china.org.cn) Blood donation during July to September may offer you free tickets to the Shanghai World Expo, the Beijing Daily reported today.The Beijing Red Cross Blood Center will offer blood donators chances to gain tickets to the Expo, National Theater, the Water Cube and free cinema during this July through September, Click here >> more info...
129. Environmental Film
2010. 6 July
Director Yann Arthus-Bertrand and actress Zhou Xun attend the premiere ceremony of the Chinese version of environmental film "Home" in Shanghai on Monday, July 05, 2010. [Photo: CRIENGLISH.com/ Xu Leiying]by Xu Leiying
(english.cri.cn) The Chinese version of environmental film "Home" premiered on Monday in the UN Pavilion at Shanghai World Expo Park. Click here >> more info...
130. Canon Wonder Camera Concept displayed at Expo
2010. 6 July
by Mike Hanlon (gizmag.com) One of the more remarkable technological innovations amongst hundreds currently on display at World Expo 2010 in Shanghai can be found in the Japanese Pavilion where major sponsors Canon, Panasonic and Toyota are all showing their visions of the future.
Click here >> more info...
131. Overplaying Egyptomania
2010. 6 July
Egypt’s pavilion at Shanghai’s Expo 2010 misses the mark of modernity
Lured by Pharaonic antiquities at the Egyptian Pavilion, Expo 2010 visitors stand in line for up to an hour.
by Osama Diab
(egypttoday.com) It is a promoter’s wildest dream: Access to some 500,000 people every day, representing all ages, nationalities and backgrounds. An opportunity to reach 70 million visitors in just six months. And thousands of journalists producing thousands of news Click here >> more info...
132. Youth Week kicks off at Shanghai World Expo
2010. 6 July
The 2010 Shanghai World Expo Youth Week and the grand opening ceremony of the world prestigious universities celebration was held in Shanghai Expo areas yesterday.(english.peopledaily.com.cn) The dance poem Propitious Clouds accompanied by traditional Chinese string music instruments from Fudan University brought the audience into the elegant realm of traditional Chinese culture. Click here >> more info...
133. Lightning strikes safety concerns for visitors
2010. 6 July
by Ni Dandan(life.globaltimes.cn) Pavilions inside the Expo Park Sunday assured visitors that its structures are sturdy enough to withstand poor weather conditions, after two pavilions were forced to close temporarily during heavy rainstorms on Saturday.
The Spain Pavilion said that shutting down for some 20 minutes, effectively turning away hundreds of queuing visitors, was
Click here >> more info...134. Aussie Merino a natural star at World Expo
2010. 5 July
As a renewable, sustainable natural fibre to live with, Australian Merino wool has been showcased at World Expo 2010 Shanghai.(fibre2fashion.com) With 40,000 visitors to the Australian Pavilion every day and close to 3 million visitors since the Expo began in May, it was a perfect platform to communicate the benefits of living with wool throughout life. Click here >> more info...
135. Dane among the world’s 100 most creative people
2010. 5 July
The award-winning and world famous young 36 year old Danish architect Bjarke Ingels can now boast of being among the world's 100 most creative business people in 2010 - namely number 64. (copcap.com) Bjarke Ingels is the only Scandinavian who made the list this year. Last year, another Dane, the young media and internet professional Click here >> more info...
136. UNEP Promotes Environmental Protection at Shanghai Expo
2010. 5 July
Chinese actress Li Bingbing is appointed as the Goodwill Ambassador of UNEP in Shanghai on Sunday, July 04, 2010. [Photo: CRIENGLISH.com/ Xu Leiying] by Xu Leiying
(english.cri.cn) In the coming month, visitors to the Shanghai Expo will be able to visit an exhibition named "The Nature of Cities", which is aimed at promoting environmental Click here >> more info...
137. The Pavilion of the Future
2010. 5 July
GREEN TRANSFORMATION: The Pavilion of Future is China's first three-star green building converted from an old factory (bjreview.com.cn) What will cities be like in the future? The Pavilion of Future at the World Expo in Shanghai has the answer. Through movies, books and sculptures, the exhibition reviews what people used to imagine cities would be like, and depicts what people today envision cities will be like in the future. Click here >> more info...
138. More Than Sightseeing
2010. 5 July
Noriyoshi Ehara, Director of the Japan Pavilion (bjreview.com.cn) The World Expo in Shanghai is being held just two years after China hosted the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. Japan had a similar experience about 40 years ago. After Tokyo hosted the Olympic Games in 1964, another Japanese city, Osaka, hosted the World Expo. Back then, Japan's economy was growing quickly and the Expo became a stimulus for Japan's economic boom. What will the Shanghai Expo bring to the Chinese economy? Click here >> more info...
139. Focus on clean energy
2010. 5 July
About half of the energy at World Expo Shanghai 2010 comes from clean and sustainable sources, the top Expo official said during an Expo forum yesterday in Nanjing, capital of Jiangsu Province.(english.eastday.com) New energy has contributed about 50 percent of total energy combustion at the Expo since it opened on May 1, Hong Hao, deputy secretary general of Shanghai municipal government and director general of the Bureau of Shanghai World Expo Click here >> more info...
140. Foreign visitors expected to spend $396 at Shanghai Expo
2010. 2 July
(english.people.com.cn) The latest survey conducted by MasterCard shows that visitors to the Shanghai World Expo are expected to spend an average of 396 U.S. dollars each day in Shanghai, not including the costs of accommodations and transport, according to International Finance News on July 1. Click here >> more info...141. FinanceMalta targets China
2010. 2 July
Around 9,000 copies of a FinanceMalta publication will be distributed from the Malta Pavilion at Shanghai Expo, to promote Malta’s financial services industry in China. (di-ve.com) The 60-page business guide, prepared by Country Profiler, serves as a major reference source on every aspect of doing business in and with Malta in order to attract and springboard Chinese trade and investment to and through Malta. Click here >> more info...
142. The Little Mermaid works hard, plays hard
2010. 2 July
(shanghaiist.com)
Employees at the Danish Pavilion have some explaining to do. After celebrating Denmark's National Pavilion Day on Tuesday, a few of the revelers didn't want the party to end, and so they moved it the pond inhabited by Danish national treasure, the Little Mermaid. Click here >> more info...143. Giving the World Our Best at Expo
2010. 2 July
Press Release: New Zealand Trade and Enterprise (scoop.co.nz) New Zealand’s National Day at the Shanghai World Expo will feature some of the country’s most exciting young artists.
Performances by the brilliant young Wellington-born soprano Aivale Cole, the Footnote dance company, Moana Maniapoto and Tribe and the NZTrio will be featured at the Shanghai Expo Centre on 9 July – the day New Zealand is given centre stage at the expo. Click here >> more info...
144. Akzo Nobel targets double turnover in China
2010. 2 July
Chemicals company AkzoNobel wants to double its turnover in China within the next five years, and has set a sales target of $3bn by 2015. (dutchnews.nl) China will play an integral role in the company's strategic focus on growth regions, CEO Hans Wijers said in a statement. Click here >> more info...
145. Interview with Canadian Pop Star-Kreesha Turner
2010. 2 July
by Sana Qadar(english.cri.cn) When you think of Canada, what comes to mind? For many it's snow, maple syrup, hockey and a whole host of other cliches. Well, June 1st is Canada Day - a time of celebration for Canadians around the world, as the country turns 143. And patriotism is at a high in Shanghai, where the Canadian Governor General Michelle Jean is visiting the Expo, to mark celebrations there. Part of the day's activities includes performances by musicians, and Canadian pop star Kreesha Turner headlined the concert. Click here >> more info...
146. Romania’s first two months at Expo 2010
2010. 2 July
Nearly 1,300,000 visitors toured the Greenopolis, Romania’s pavilion at the Shanghai 2010 World Exposition, in the first two months since the official opening. ‘After two months at Expo 2010, some 1,300,000 people were our guests at the pavilion.(financiarul.ro) Visitors were more in the second month than in the first and the events staged at the pavilion have met the expectations of the public in terms of economic as well as cultural and artistic offerings,’ says Romania’s Expo 2010 General Commissioner Ferdinand Nagy. Click here >> more info...
147. UK Pavilion has won Lubetkin Prize
2010. 30 June
The UK Pavilion at the Shanghai Expo 2010 has scooped the prestigious RIBA (Royal Institute of British Architects’) Lubetkin Prize for the most outstanding work of architecture outside the European Union by a RIBA member.(en.mercopress.com) The stunning Pavilion, one of the visitors’ favourites at the Expo, was designed by Heatherwick Studio, built by Mace and was chosen to represent the UK Click here >> more info...
148. Expo causes sharp surge in travel costs
2010. 30 June
(china.org.cn) Expo 2010 Shanghai visitors will likely see a 20 percent jump in travel agency fees in the Yangtze River Delta Region before additional increases in the coming months.Suzhou Youth Travel Service Company sales manager Zuo Jing said a day trip to Shanghai from Suzhou costs 238 yuan ($35) per person on weekdays and up to 258 yuan on weekends,
Click here >> more info...149. Canadian Beef Served Up in China on Canada Day
2010. 30 June
Mark Rowswell - "Dashan"(marketwire.com) Canada's top quality beef will be served at the Shanghai World Expo 2010 to celebrate Canada Day, marking the first time in almost a decade that Canadian beef has been available in China. Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz will host a beef barbecue in celebration of Canada and China's strong trade relationship. Her Excellency the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean, Governor General of Canada and Canada's Commissioner General for Expo 2010 Mark Rowswell - "Dashan", a famous media personality in China, are expected to attend the event. Click here >> more info...
150. Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark Promotes Healthy Living
2010. 30 June
Monday 28 June 2010, His Royal Highness Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark participated in a football tournament with Chinese children to kick off the “Take Charge: Change Your Lifestyle” project at the Nordic Lighthouse in Shanghai. Later, His Royal Highness Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark officially open a Danish design exhibition and speak at a Sino-Danish business conference together with the Danish Minister for Economy and Business Affairs and CEO’s from multinational Chinese corporations.(scandasia.com) In connection with Crown Prince Frederik’s visit to the Shanghai World Expo on 28-29 June 2010, Denmark and the Yangpu District of Shanghai launched the joint project “Take Charge – Change Your Lifestyle” Click here >> more info...
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