Last week I posted several photos of the North Korean Expo 2010 pavilion to some mild interest from the North Korean aficionado community (oh yes there is), worldwide. At the time, I must admit, it didn’t occur to me to post images of the South Korean pavilion because – from the perspective of a US…
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One for the bloggers: The Tibet and Xinjiang Pavilions.
“All Expo, all of the time!” That’s the staff cheer at Shanghai Scrap HQ this week, and there’s no reason to stop now. Upcoming, later in the week: “Expo 2010 has a little bit of everything, but it sure doesn’t have one of these,” “A reporter’s guide to the US pavilion,” and “A well-traveled foreigner’s…
Lines. Really long lines. Really really long Expo 2010 lines. Two case studies.
Today was the last of the six Expo 2010 soft opening days. I was at the second, and so I thought – what the heck – I’ll go to the last and see what’s changed. Now, it must be said that I attended on two of the lightest days for visitation: the second day had…
“We got yer pizza …” American cuisine well-represented at Expo 2010.
Another observation from my day-long visit to the Expo 2010 (World’s Fair) soft opening: if you like American fast food, you’re in luck. KFC. Papa John’s. Burger King. Mister Donut. Starbucks (let’s call a spade a spade, shall we?). They’re all there. And so are some of the usual Chinese suspects, too. Makes sense, of…
… then again, there is the Danish pavilion.
I’m planning to post a Shanghai Scrap Expo 2010 (World’s Fair) Visitor’s Guide a few days before the opening. But until then, let me give potential Expo 2010 visitors a little tip: the Expo is best appreciated by moonlight. Below, some proof: the gorgeous Danish pavilion after dark, last night.
“We are not ready.”
Yesterday I spent 12 hours wandering Day 2 of the Expo’s Soft Opening and – like pretty much anyone who’s been down there in the last three days – I was alarmed by just how unprepared the staff (the volunteer guides only know their immediate vicinity; I checked), the grounds (basic landscaping was still happening…
Paradise for People: Inside the North Korean Pavilion at Expo 2010
Lately I’ve been seeing advertisements promoting Expo 2010 (World’s Fair) as an opportunity “to see the world without leaving Shanghai.” To my mind, this is good marketing: after all, not everyone has the chance to travel abroad, and you might as well enjoy second-best if, for whatever reason, you’re not able to get yourself on…
Orphans and Woodcarvers: Shanghai’s Prodigal Memorial Gate Returns Home.
The upcoming Expo 2010 Shanghai (World’s Fair) is an un-apologetically forward-looking event, intended – at least in part – to solidify Shanghai’s place as the Next Great World City. This is all fine and good. But lost in all of this talk of the future is scant acknowledgment of Shanghai’s relatively brief but fascinating past.…
Beyond Security Theater: Unsecured Theater, and the Shanghai Metro X-Ray Machines
Not long after the 9-11 attacks, Bruce Schneir, a US security expert, coined the term “Security Theater.” The original definition was made in his book, Beyond Fear: Thinking Sensibly about Security in an Uncertain World, but for the purposes of this post, let’s use the definition presented in this easily accessed essay from the New…
As Shanghai fakes its commitment to IP protection, I happen upon a Fake Swarovski Feeding Frenzy
I was passing through the Jing’an Temple metro station late this afternoon when I came across a frenzy of young women crouched down and clawing at something – a something that turned out to be boxes and boxes of fake Swarovski jewelry (note: my camera served to scatter many of the customers). Nothing unusual in…