Shanghai is pinning big hopes on next month’s World Expo 2010 to create a tourism boom, and catapult the country’s financial capital into the league of world’s great tourism cities.

Haibao is here. The mascot of the 2010 Shanghai World Expo can be seen in almost every corner of the city from today. Symbol for Desired Outcome Expo Coverage China's pavilion for Expo 2010 ...

SHANGHAI – SHANGHAI (AP) — Visitors to Shanghai's World Expo say organizers have plenty of kinks to iron out before the event — the biggest-ever World's Fair — formally opens on May Day.

And, from many different perspectives, the World Expo in Shanghai is playing a great part in reshaping the city in both symbolic and tangible ways. “Within China, people see the Expo as a way to ...

The Shanghai World Exposition, an expo in the long tradition of worlds fairs that began in London in 1851, bringing together many nations and peoples of the globe, is officially over.

Costing a reported $40 billion and drawing 73 million visitors, the 2010 World Expo left an indelible mark on Shanghai – and the improvements are still benefitting travellers today. Anyone who ...

SHANGHAI – SHANGHAI (AP) — Near the center of the World Expo grounds, the crimson-painted, crown-shaped China Pavilion towers over other nations' exhibits as a physical display of the country ...

China has spent $45 billion — even more than it devoted to remake Beijing for the Olympics — to mount an elaborate World Expo, inviting 189 countries to showcase a polished, vibrant Shanghai ...

SHANGHAI — When city officials here promised the biggest and best World Expo ever, they were not just blowing smoke, as Tao Renran and 60 co-workers at a state-run garment factory found out ...

You won't find such scenes here when Shanghai's World Expo opens on May 1. What you will find: A giant octopus, an alpine meadow and an apple-shaped "green city," among dozens of pavilions in all ...

A $5 million pledge from Citigroup Inc. will push the U.S. over its $61 million funding goal for participation in the Shanghai World Expo, a relief for officials who months ago worried slack ...

Shanghai is bidding farewell to the World Expo - a six-month event showcasing China's rise in the world. What did it achieve? Prime Minister Wen Jiabao described the fair as "splendid", saying it ...