The same abundance of resources that permits Chinese officials to put on the oversize Expo also allows them to engage in monumental nation-threatening efforts.

FORBES

It has cancelled a Chinese government-sponsored visit by 1, 000 young Japanese people to the World Expo in Shanghai (again citing an inappropriate atmosphere).

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Only about one-eighth of the 400, 000 visitors expected on average each day will be able to get into the Chinese pavilion (though unlike most of the other structures, this will not be dismantled after the expo).

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