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Expo assets for auction

Metro | Work safety
2009-11-22

WORLD Expo 2010 Shanghai assets -- from calligraphies and paintings to administrative offices and facilities -- are expected to go under the auctioneer's hammer when the event is over. The Expo authority's asset...

Expo tickets prove hot items

Metro | World Expo
2009-11-21

TICKET sales for the 2010 Shanghai World Expo had gone beyond expectations to exceed 9.6 million by last week, organizers said yesterday. Since tickets went on sale on July 1, sales have accounted for about a seventh...

Expo Main Avenue Advances

Metro | World Expo
2009-11-19

THE Expo Axis started its management-work phase yesterday. Shanghai Industrial Investment (Holding) Co Ltd is in charge. "Our services include information center, security checks, facility safeguards, customer...

Shanghai to say it with Roses

Metro | World Expo
2009-11-19

SHANGHAI unveiled its design yesterday for the 2010 Rose Parade in Southern California on January 1. The World Expo-themed float will feature NBA superstar Yao Ming and Expo mascot Haibao. They'll be joined...

Clinton visits USA Pavilion

Metro
2009-11-17

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton visited the construction site of the USA Pavilion at the Shanghai World Expo grounds yesterday morning and pledged her support for the American effort at the world's fair next...

Souvenirs lag

Metro | World Expo
2009-11-17

THE 2010 World Expo Souvenir Management Office said sales volume of the Expo souvenirs was at nearly 1.2 billion yuan (US$171 million). The office suggested that food and paper products be added to the souvenirs. To...

Young adults likeliest Expo-goers: poll

Metro | World Expo
2009-11-13

PEOPLE aged 21 to 25 will constitute most of the visitors to the 2010 World Expo, according to a survey released yesterday. About 54 percent of non-locals said they care about the event, the survey also found. ...

Agency launched to help traders

Business | Foreign trade
2009-11-13

A city-level association was established in Shanghai yesterday to integrate services for traders and enhance efforts to help struggling exporters amid a harsh global trading environment. Also, the Shanghai Chamber...

World Expo now online with virtual visitor site

Metro | World Expo
2009-11-13

VISITORS can now tour the 2010 World Expo Shanghai site and many of the event's pavilions with a simple mouse click from the comfort of their own homes. Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan launched the Expo Online...

Expo online goes live

Metro | World Expo
2009-11-12

VISITORS can now tour the World Expo Shanghai site from the comfort of their own homes and see almost all the pavilions and exhibits online. The Expo organizer today launched the Expo Online Website at the seventh...