Archive for the ‘Expo 2010’ category
Robots at your beck and call
Robots on the march: Robots dance outside the France Pavilion. A trip to the Expo will show that a brave new world of robots is upon us. (Source: China Daily/Gao erqiang) BEIJING, June 25 (Xinhaunet) — They come in all shapes and sizes – and are on the march, Matt Hodges reports. Chinese maids [...]
Serving sherry with flair and style
Venenciador Alejandro Benitez Ruiz. (Source: China Daily/gao erqiang) BEIJING, June 25 (Xinhaunet) — Pouring wine is an art form for some, Shi Yingying reports. Venenciador Alejandro Benitez Ruiz demonstrates his skill of serving sherry straight from a barrel at the Spain Pavilion’s Pedro Larumbe restaurant. Suited in a red and black, he thrusts a [...]
Rainbow flag hoisted at UK pavilion
A party is held at the UK pavilion park in the Expo Garden for Shanghai’s gay community on Wednesday night. (Source: China Daily / Gao Erqiang) BEIJING, July 15 (Xinhaunet) — The UK pavilion hosted a party for Shanghai’s gay community at its pavilion park on Wednesday as part of its weeklong focus on civic [...]
NZ pavilion lives up to green reputation
The New Zealand Pavilion places an emphasis on greenery. (Provided to China Daily) BEIJING, July 23 (Xinhuanet) — The New Zealand Pavilion welcomes visitors with a traditional dance and a refreshing ambiance. The greenery and exotic plants featured in the New Zealand Pavilion offer a scenic alternative to the glass and steel structures [...]
Tibetan girl becomes Internet sensation for picking up trash
BEIJING, Aug. 2 (Xinhuanet) — A recent Internet forum called “Who is the Most Beautiful Girl at the Expo?” has received widespread attention online and sparked heated debate about litter louts. A visitor to the Expo shot footage of a young girl picking up a discarded soft drink bottle and placing it in a [...]
Michelin twins find new home
Compression of Maine lobster with duck ham and melon.(Source: China Daily) by Shi Yingying BEIJING, Aug. 20 (Xinhuanet) — Famed French culinary brothers move out of the Expo and into a historic Shanghai building, Shi Yingying reports. With the opening of Maison Pourcel, Michelin-star chefs, the Pourcel brothers, are moving out of the Expo’s [...]
Expo before self, his motto
Zhang Shaofeng (middle) discusses patrol plans with his colleagues in front of a model of the Expo Garden. (Photo: For China Daily) BEIJING, Aug. 27 (Xinhuanet) — For Zhang Shaofeng, an officer in the Shanghai Armed Police Corps, safety at the Expo 2010 Shanghai comes before his own health, or even life. The 34-year-old’s [...]
IPC president seeks to inspire handicapped youths with sports
International Paralympic Committee President Philip Craven tries a device during his visit in the Life and Sunshine Pavilion of the World Expo Park in Shanghai, east China, Aug. 28, 2010. Philip Craven visited the Life and Sunshine Pavilion, a pavilion specially established for the handicapped people, in the Shanghai World Expo Park on Saturday. [...]
Trains, no planes or automobiles
A model of a modern railway station in the China Railway Pavilion.(Source: China Daily) BEIJING, Sep. 10 (Xinhuanet) — The China Railway Pavilion combines nostalgia with fast-train technology, Wu Yiyao reports. Just one step into the China Railway Pavilion, filled with the sounds of train whistles and the feeling of steel wheels running on [...]
Baby-maker makes her way to Expo
Spanish director Isabel Coixet with Miguelin the giant baby in the Spain Pavilion.(Source: China Daily) BEIJING, Sep. 10 (Xinhuanet) — The extra-large model baby in the Spain Pavilion was ‘conceived’ by a Spanish filmmaker, Shi Yingying reports. Visitors admiring the 6.5-meter-high giant baby, Miguelin, in the Spain Pavilion may be surprised to realize that [...]