World Expo Shanghai 2010 state pavilion with floor area of 3200 square meters.

上建筑面积3200平方米，为2010上海世博会企业馆。

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World Expo Shanghai 2010 state pavilion with floor area of 2800 square meters.

建筑面积2800平方米，为2010上海世博会国家馆。

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World Expo Shanghai 2010 enterprise pavilion with floor area of 3000 square meters.

建筑面积3000平方米，为2010上海世博会企业馆。

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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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"Shanghai's hosting of the World Expo is not just about showcasing national power.

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The Shanghai 2010 World Expo runs until the end of October.

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

ECONOMIST: The politics of repression in China

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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These corrupt officials and police don't want to lose that income, so they let brothels operate freely as long as they don't become hubs for more serious crimes, like drug sales, or violence--and as long as there isn't overwhelming political will to shut things down, as there was around the Beijing Olympics in 2008 and the run up to the World Expo in Shanghai this year.

FORBES: It tells you a lot about how Chinese government works.