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Expo 2010 Shanghai

Better city, better life

Get a glimpse of city life in Brazil, Turkey, Finland and Israel on the same day without getting on a plane. Watch cultural performances and sample foods from around the world at your leisure. Sound too good to be true? With over 200 countries and international organizations taking part, Expo Shanghai makes this, and more, possible. What is a world expo? Every world's fair traces its roots to the Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations.

Held in London in 1851, the Great Exhibition introduced new inventions like an early form of the fax machine and the voting machine. Other inventions first revealed at world's fairs include the ice cream cone and the X-ray machine.

This expo
From today until October 31, an estimated 70 million people will flock to Shanghai to explore this exposition. Centered on the theme of "city," this expo will investigate the challenges and consequences of urbanization. What is the potential of urban life in this century? Visit the Shanghai Expo and find out!