China welcomes Uruguay to participate in the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai.

中方欢迎乌方参加2010年上海世博会。

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Today marks the 100 day countdown to the opening of the World Expo in Shanghai.

今天是离上海世博会开幕倒数的100天。

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China welcomes Mali to participate in the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai to showcase the Malian civilization and arts.

中方欢迎马方参加2010年上海世博会，展示马里文明和艺术。

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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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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.

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.

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