Shanghai World Expo

The 5 Greatest Architects Under 50

Ninan Kurien | Posted 08.29.2011

Read More: Thomas Heatherwick, Design, Architecture, Art, Todd Saunders, Modernism, Shanghai World Expo, Frank Gehry, Palladio, Bjarke Ingels, Pei Zhu, Mies Van Der Rohe, Joshua Prince-Ramus, Slidepollajax, Arts News

Historically architecture as a profession has bestowed recognition on its participants mostly in a later stage of their careers and in many cases they...

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Covering China for Marketplace: A Quick Q & A With Rob Schmitz

Jeffrey Wasserstrom | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Michael Jackson, Inner Mongolia, Cars, Shanghai World Expo, China, Shanghai, Media, Media News

According to Marketplace's China correspondent, the country "Is home to the largest human migration the world has ever known, and its fate has become intertwined with the world's fate. The trick is to make sense of all this."

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PHOTOS: FUTURE DESIGN: Exposing Culture And Architecture From Shanghai Expo 2010 To Yeosu 2012, Milan 2015

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: World Expos, Architectural-Design, 2012 Yeosu, Shanghai World Expo, Shanghai Expo, Design Expos, Slidepollajax, Architecture, 2015 Milan Expo, Shanghai Design, Shanghai Expo 2010 Inc., Arts News

Since their beginnings, World Fairs have been incubators of innovation and visionary architecture. A reflection of their time and technology, these pl...

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Looking for God at the Shanghai Expo: Religion, Nation Branding and the Soft Power Showdown in China

Nick Cull | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Religion, Soft Power, Nation Branding, Shanghai World Expo, Cultural Diplomacy, Public Diplomacy, Arts News

Although pavilions are expected to respond to the grand theme, a national pavilion at an Expo has traditionally been a microcosm of the society it represents.

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Shanghai's World Expo: The Curtain Falls

Tom Doctoroff | Posted 05.25.2011

In the end, Shanghai's World Expo was not an international event. It was orchestrated as a domestic power display, in the same vein as the country's 60th anniversary military parade and this fall's Asian Games.

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Half a World Away and 12 Hours Ahead

Max Fraad Wolff | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: China-Travel, Shanghai World Expo, Un-Habitat, Travel, Development, China, Cities, Shanghai, World News

A trip from New York to Shanghai is a great reminder that the developing world is becoming more like the developed world.

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'Blackwatering' Public Diplomacy: The US Pavilion at the Shanghai World Expo

Bob Jacobson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: World Expo, US Pavilion, Shanghai World Expo, World Expo 2010, Shanghai Expo, Shanghai, World News

The US Pavilion offers no vision of the future. Like so many of the busted malls at home that it so closely resembles, the US Pavilion is fragmentary and momentary, not the beacon of hope the Expo hosts expected.

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Despite a Bumpy Road, Shanghai World Expo 2010 to Start with a Bang

Dan Redford | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Shanghai World Expo 2010, World Expo, Shanghai World Expo, China, World News

The World Expo in Shanghai offers an amazing glimpse into our present and future, one in which technology and international collaboration can create a better world. It is definitely worth our attention.

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Shanghai World Expo 2010 PHOTOS: Expo Opens After Epic Fireworks Show

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Shanghai World Expo, Shanghai, Shanghai World Expo Photos, Shanghai Expo, Slidepollajax, World Expo 2010, World Expo, World News

Shanghai celebrated the opening of what is said to be the largest world expo in history Friday with an epic fireworks display that marked the city's r...

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Shanghai Expo Denies Mascot Haibao Is Copy Of Gumby

AP | ELAINE KURTENBACH | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gumby, Shanghai World Expo, World Expo, World Expo Mascot, China, Shanghai, Shangahi Expo, Haibao, World News

SHANGHAI — The Shanghai Expo mascot Haibao, a plump sky blue cartoon figure shaped like a stick person, is the latest target of claims event org...

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Shanghai World Expo 2010 Pavilion PHOTOS: See The 25 Best

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Shanghai World Expo 2010, Shanghai World Expo, World Expo, World Expo 2010, Slidepollajax, Shanghai, China, Shanghai Expo, Expo 2010, World News

All eyes will be on Shanghai on May 1 as the glistening Chinese metropolis plays host to the 2010 World Expo. Organizers expect more than 70 million ...

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New York Times Misses the Mark on Chinese Evictions

John Wagner Givens | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Local Government Budget, Shanghai World Expo, Beijing, Government Debt, Beijing Olympics, The New York Times, Media Criticism, Media, China, Local Government, Shanghai, World News

Michael Wines and Jonathan Ansfield's article makes too much of a new draft law in China, suggesting that it will offer protection to Chinese whose homes are under threat of demolition.

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Shanghai Corporate Pavilion Made Of Recycled CD Cases Nears Completion

Inhabitat | Bridgette Meinhold | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: LED Lights, Shanghai World Expo, Recycled Materials, Shanghai Corporate Pavilion, Green Building, Atelier Feichang Jianzhu, Cd Cases, Green Energy, Building Cd Cases, Green News

The Shanghai Corporate Pavilion is almost done and here are the pictures to show its current status. We were really impressed last year when we learne...

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US Pavilion A Stalking Horse for Privatization? Complaint to IRS Challenges Tax Exemption

Bob Jacobson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Outsourcing, Privatization, US Pavilion, Hillary Clinton, Irs, Shanghai World Expo, World News

Congress and citizens must intervene to implement a thorough examination of and debate about the State Department's privatization policy that stands to eviscerate American public diplomacy.

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Seed Cathedral (PHOTOS): The Centerpiece Of Britain's Shanghai World Expo Pavilion

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: British Foreign Image, Shanghai World Expo, China, Britain, Shanghai, Britain Shanghai World Expo, Architecture, British Architecture, World News

It may look bizarre and painful to the touch, but the Seed Cathedral will be the centerpiece of Britain's contribution to the Shanghai World Expo. Th...

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10 Giant Pandas Go On Display In Shanghai (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Shanghai World Expo, Giant Pandas, Giant Pandas China, Giant Pandas Shanghai, Shanghai China, World Expo, Animals, Video, Green News

10 Giant Pandas, one of the world's most endangered species, went on display in Shanghai today, a rare privilege even for China, which is the panda's ...

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