2010 World Expo in Shanghai

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The world's forgotten fair; Next year's World Expo in Shanghai has a little-
known precedent. Economist, Dec. 5, 2009 (cover date).
http://www.economist.com/world/asia/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15011317

Note:
(a) The Crystal Palace
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Crystal_Palace
("The Crystal Palace was a cast-iron and glass building originally erected
in Hyde Park, London, England, to house the Great Exhibition of 1851. * * *
After the exhibition, the building was moved to a new park [but in] 1936 []
it was destroyed by fire")
(b) English definitions from Webster (3rd ed, 1961):
(i) diffidence (n): "lack of confidence in oneself; modest reserve"
(ii) to chivy or chivvy (vt): "to harass, annoy, or tease esp. with
persistence and by petty vexations and often for a specific purpose"

(c) Michael Godley, China’s World’s Fair of 1910: Lessons from a Forgotten
Event. Modern Asian Study, 12: 503-522 (1978).
http://www.jstor.org/stable/312231?cookieSet=1
(d) South Seas Encouraging Industry Meeting 南海促进工业会 (see my comment)


My comment: In fact, the entire Economist is well translated in

被世界遗忘的博览会. 小志的日志- 网易博客, Dec. 4, 2009.
http://blog.163.com/bothok_0/blog/static/128795213200911483614690/


-------------Separately
(1) Keith Bradsher, Nuclear Power Expansion in China Stirs Concerns;
Question of Safety; Could Curb Emission But Experts See Risks. New York
Times, Dec. 16, 2009.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/16/business/global/16chinanuke.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=china%20nuclear&st=cse

My comment: The following is a Chinese summary from Voice of America.

(2) David Barboza, Obama Interviewer in China Is Said to Be Demoted. New
York Times, Dec. 17, 2009 (available now).

My comment: I will not provide a link. The news already appeared in Chinese
editions of VOA and BBC.

(3) 中国核电站发展计划引发质量担忧. VOA Chinese, Dec. 16, 2009.
http://www1.voanews.com/chinese/news/china/nuclear-power-20091216-79445807.html

(4) 废品回收在中国. VOA Chinese, Dec. 16, 2009.
http://www1.voanews.com/chinese/news/china/china-recyling-20091216-79414217.html

My comment: I live in Boston. In supermarkets, occasionally I observed
Chinese parents who look like intellectuals just arriving from China come
shopping with their adult child and marveling at reverse vending machines
which take recyclable cans, plastic bottles and glass bottles. Then and
there I realized that China does not have these self-help machines.

(5) 中国整顿个人域名网站产生震慑效应. VOA Chinese, Dec. 16, 2009.
http://www1.voanews.com/chinese/news/china/China-takes-new-step-to-curb-web-space-20091216-79400002.html

(6) Editorial, China's strong and brittle state; Beijing's fear of dissent
is the country's biggest weakness. Financial Times, Dec. 15, 2009 (Mr. Liu
Xiaobo).

My comment: I will not provide a link, for you  can guess the content.

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