The World Horticulture Expo successfully held in Kunming, Yunnan Province of China in 1999 displayed China's ability to host a comprehensive World Expo.

1999年，中国在云南昆明成功举办了世界园艺博览会，显示中国已具备举办综合性世博会的能力。

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I wish this photo exhibition a success! I welcome more European friends to visit China and the Shanghai World Expo!

我祝愿此次图片展圆满成功，欢迎更多的欧洲朋友到中国、到上海参加世博会。

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We sincerely welcome friends around the world, especially friends from the media circles to visit China to cover world Expo and Asian Games.

我们真诚欢迎世界各国朋友尤其是媒体界朋友来中国观看和报道世博会、亚运会。

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China celebrated the opening of the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai with an evening of fireworks and fanfare.

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Although interest in the World Expo has declined recently, many countries have made an extra effort to participate this year because China is the host.

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Similar to how 2008 Beijing Olympic Games put the Chinese capital in the international spotlight, Shanghai's hosting of the World Expo has given the city of 20 some million people and China a chance to showcase its emergence as a global economic power.

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From May China will be visited by a series of foreign leaders going to the World Expo in Shanghai.

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Trajectory: Shanghai has breathed life into the World Expo movement because this is the 21st Century, and it belongs to China as did the 19th Century to England and the 20th to America.

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Since then, two events, the Beijing Olympics later that year and the Shanghai World Expo of 2010, might have served as coming-out parties for a rising China.

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