We know from the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing that China does things on a grand scale. And the World Expo in Shanghai is hoping to make China even more visible on the global front. The theme “Better City, Better Life” focuses on urban and environmental themes.This is the most extravagant and expensive world’s fair ever held in its 159 years. The first world’s fair, Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations, was in The Crystal Palace in Hyde Park, London in 1851. The 1851 World’s Fair was said to have had an impact on the development of art and design education, tourism and international trade and relations.
Since its inception, the objective of world’s fairs has been to give everyday people the chance to explore the cultures, inventions and advancements of the outside world.
Expo 2010 is China’s first world’s fair and will be in Shanghai from May 1, 2010 to October 31, 2010. To learn more about the World’s Fair in Shanghai and the nearly 200 countries participating visit ShanghaiWorldsFair.com.
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Do you think the Shanghai World’s Fair will change how we build and design cities the way the fairs of the past have?
