Shanghai World Expo

Behind 70 Million Attendees, A Vain Communist Bureaucracy

Probe of incentives behind ticket sales reveals few international attendees.

November 24, 2010BY Zhong Yuan
In Hong Kong, Questions Over an Education Too China-Friendly

Despite being ostensibly autonomous from mainland China, legislators here say their education sector is fast succumbing to Beijing's ...

October 26, 2010BY Leung Lusi
Shanghai Expo Numbers Low after State Entities Scrapped Plans to Attend

The Chinese official press trumpeted Shanghai Expo's as aiming to be the best attended in the history of ...

May 11, 2010BY Cheryl Chen
Shanghai World Expo’s Superlatives

The Shanghai World Expo opened on April 30 as the "largest ever," but critics point to aspects which ...

May 1, 2010BY Rona Rui
Strict Ban on Knives Ordered for Shanghai Expo

Authorities in Shanghai have placed a strict ban on knife sales for the upcoming World Expo.

April 2, 2010BY Li Jingyi