November
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Expo2010 on November 1st, 2010
Min-Tsai Hsu, Mayor of Hsinchu, announced last Sunday that the Taiwan Pavilion will be transferred to the island of Taiwan in the Hsinchu City after the close of the Shanghai World Expo 2010. It was on September 16 that the tender for the pavilion had been launched and Taiwan Hsinchu was competing with the company Haur Luen located in Taichung County and Miaoli County with. It's Hsinchu who won the flag for about 10.7 million euros and the mayor has already signed an agreement with the building manager at the Expo, the World Trade Center in Taipei. Recall that the Taiwan pavilion is made of glass and steel and consists of a giant globe encased in a transparent cube, with an exterior painted landscapes of the island. In Hsinchu, this pavilion will be transformed into industrial innovation park with the history, traditions and culture of the city, and will be installed in place of a former fertilizer plant. It was also last Sunday as Zambia celebrated the day of its flag, it is also October 24 the day of the 46th anniversary of independence of this landlocked African country rich in copper ore. The flag of Zambia has the theme "Improving the quality of urban life" and presents the folk culture, wildlife and spectacular scenery, and the challenges associated with urbanization and the innovative solutions proposed by Zambia. The celebration of this special day for Zambia has been decorated with a traditional dance performance. The organizers of Expo 2010 also indicated that the forecast to reach 70 million visitors in six months have been reached and even exceeded one week before the end of the Shanghai World Expo. If during the past week the daily number of visitors has exceeded 600,000, organizers said the number of visitors will be limited to 400,000 or 500,000 per day for the last week of operation.
October
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Expo2010 on October 21st, 2010
Rodrigo Hinzpeter, Chile's Minister of Interior, announced last Sunday that a capsule built for the rescue of 33 miners trapped in a copper mine in northern Chile will be exhibited at the Shanghai World Expo. Remember that August 5, 2010, 33 miners were trapped 700 meters underground in a mine in San Jose that collapsed and their rescue was performed successfully after 69 days of trial on October 11. As part of this rescue precisely, three capsules were built by the Chilean Navy to lift the 33 miners through a tunnel of 67 cm in diameter. Currently, three capsules will be displayed in several different places: the capsule Fenix I will be exhibited in China, the capsule Fenix II, which served to rescue the miners, will be exhibited in Santiago, Chile's capital, the square Ciudadania; and the capsule Fenix III will be on display in a city in northern Chile, where the San Jose mine, called Copiapo. For those wishing to see the capsule exposed to the China Shanghai World Expo 2010, it is advisable to buy tickets to the Expo quickly because the organizing committee of the Expo 2010 announced the end of sales and exchange of tickets in the last two days of exposure, ie 30 and 31 October, because of the busy schedule of the end of the event. Indeed, in the experience of previous World Fairs, the last week of the Expo has been identified as a peak and therefore the ticket on the site will cost 200 yuan, 40 yuan more than the usual day tickets. For those who already have a standard ticket worth 160 yuan, they can visit the Expo from 25 to 31 October by paying an extra 40 yuan, or they can exchange their ticket against two night tickets, each worth 90 yuan. In addition, tickets for the peak period are available in the outlets of the five official partners of Expo (China Brilliance Group, China Post, Bank of Communications, China Telecom and China Mobile) or at the counters.
October
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Expo2010 on October 13th, 2010
It's on October 9 that Uganda has celebrated the Day of the national flag with honor, at the ceremony, a show of songs and traditional African dances with Ugandan artists. Thus, the flag of Uganda, which took the theme "Philosophy and Development of urbanization in Uganda", made the presentation of the spirit of national planning, urbanization, and environmental protection efforts; but also provided social harmony emphasizing equality and environmental sustainability, its cultural and religious tolerance and cultural diversity and geology of the country. Cape Verde also celebrated the Day of its flag on October 8, a ceremony also marked by a show of traditional dances and songs. Perfectly capturing the island atmosphere, the flag of Cape Verde is presenting its culture, its history, development prospects of the country and modern urbanization. It was during the ceremony held at the Expo Center that President Pedro Pires spoke, stating that the 2010 World Expo in Cape Verde has provided a unique opportunity to promote its history and its culture. Recall that the Shanghai World Expo 2010 opened on May 1 and end on October 31. At the 161st day of the event, Expo 2010 saw visitor numbers reaching 60 million, the first 10 million was recorded on June 5, the 20 million on June 28, the 40 million on August 14 and 50 million on September 10. The South Korean flag, meanwhile, said it reached its target number of visitors 24 days before the end of the Expo, or 6 million visitors. With an average daily attendance of 43,000 people registered, the South Korean Agency for promoting trade and investment, which deals among other things to manage the flag of the Republic of Korea, now hopes to reach 7 million visitors combined by the end of Expo 2010.
Tags: Cape Verde , Uganda
Last Wednesday was a representative of the Information Services Department of Hong Kong announced that the week in Hong Kong will be held from October 18 to 22 next on the scene Baosteel and it will include an opening ceremony starry More than 60 shows on the site of Expo 2010, and a parade with the theme "Hong Kong Pop Up." The parade "Hong Kong Pop Up" will be the focal point of this week from Hong Kong and she will stroll on the Expo site every day along Bocheng Road, with the centerpiece of the parade a "live pop-up "giant show, an innovative and creative way, the five aspects of lifestyle that can be found in Hong Kong, that is to say," Festivals Unlimited ", a" Creativity Unlimited ", the "Green Unlimited", the "Action Unlimited", and "Opportunities Unlimited". In addition, the parade will include a feast of traditional local dishes such as egg pie, cake moon, mint tea or the stick of fish balls, but also cuddly mascots of the Ocean Park Hong Kong. The week in Hong Kong is also an opportunity for visitors to see many stars of entertainment that will be present at the opening ceremony, more than 1,000 artists from 12 organizations that will excel in more than 60 shows throughout the week special, and a retrospective of Hong Kong film that will include 23 popular films. It's also last Wednesday that the Director of the Chinese flag has revealed that the crown symbolic of the World Expo will again be open to the public one month after the close of Expo, specifically from 1 December 2010. The project to reopen was enthusiastically welcomed especially by people in Shanghai and it was also announced that the pavilion would also host exhibitions including mainly original ancient Chinese treasures. Recall that the China Pavilion, better known as the "Oriental Crown", distributed 30,000 tickets reservation to visit the lodge each morning, tickets that visitors snapped, prompting the pavilion to increase its capacity Home to 52,000 people daily, against 35,000 at the beginning of the Expo.
Tags: exhibition , Hong Kong , live pop-up
September
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Expo2010 on September 30th, 2010
Numerous cultural events are held at the Shanghai World Expo 2010 to top off this September. It may well include the pavilion of Hangzhou who organized an exhibition of colorful collection of articles that the reputation of the city that began on September 26, also an exhibition accompanied by a flamenco show given by foreign artists, of a fashion show dedicated to silk, and percussion set. It should be noted that Hangzhou is known as the silk capital because of its long tradition of sericulture and silk items of clothing, not to mention that it is the largest market of wholesale and retail dedicated to this precious fabric that is silk in China. This week will also see the presentation of the famous Bavarian Oktoberfest by the German pavilion. The festival, which showcases the Oktoberfest in Munich last until next weekend and will include numerous performances of singing and dancing, lots of games and of course large amounts of German beer. It should be noted that when playing on the official website of the Chinese German Land, visitors can gain a few trips in Bavaria. Basque week will also mark the end of the month, honor, gastronomy and local trends that will be celebrated in the flag of Spain and will be accompanied by an exhibition and several shows. Basque Week runs from 27 September to 1 October will be attended by five chefs who will prepare a feast Spanish at the Gran Melia Shanghai. The United Arab Emirates have meanwhile celebrated the day of their national flag with music and dancing performances at the Center of Expo earlier this week. This pavilion with an area of 6,000 m2 has the theme "The Power of Dreams", like a colossal golden dunes that evokes the desert landscapes of the region, and has an undulating roof that flashes and changes color, appearing to be shaped by wind. Thus, as in a journey from past to present, visitors move from one area to a desert horizon of skyscrapers.
Tags: Basque , flamenco , Hangzhou , Oktoberfest , silk
September
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Expo2010 on September 22nd, 2010
The Taiwan Pavilion was purchased on September 16 by the city of Hsinchu, located in the northwest of the island, worth about 11 million euros. The pavilion was sold at auction for a minimum of 10 million euro and it's Hsinchu who won against the company Haur Luen is a paper mill in Taichung and Miaoli County. Thus, with the price offered by the city of Hsinchu, Taipei World Trade Center, which is the operator of the Taiwan Pavilion, was able to raise one million euro more than the price for the sale starting. At the end of the Shanghai World Expo, the pavilion will be rebuilt to Taiwan Hsinchu, reconstruction will be the site of a former fertilizer plant to help it convert exhibition center and Congress's 4900 square meters area. The person who participated in the auction on behalf of the City Government of Hsinchu rebuilt pavilion indicated that local elements will be added to make it different. Recall that the Taiwan pavilion was made by CY Lee and a surface of 658 square meters. Unable to accommodate about 4,000 visitors per day, the balls for the visit are difficult to obtain because it is increasingly one of the most popular pavilions at Expo 2010. Meanwhile, Tunisians celebrated the National Day of their flag on September 19 at the Expo Center. Recall that the Tunisian pavilion was designed to highlight achievements in the field of national environmental protection, knowledge economy and improving living standards, and took the theme "City enthusiastic, connected city" . To present the magnificent scenery of the country, its ancient civilization and rich culture, the Tunisian flag used cultural symbols such as traditional music and visitors can discover the stunning Islamic architecture of the Mediterranean, accompanied of old and modern.
September
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Expo2010 on September 16th, 2010
The Governor of the State of California in the United States, Arnold Schwarzenegger, accompanied by a delegation, visited the Shanghai Expo 2010 to meet visitors and the American flag to announce the candidacy of Silicon Valley the organization of Expo 2020. Thus, the U.S. government and California authorities plan to submit their application to the International Bureau of Exhibitions in 2011 for the organization of Expo 2020. The site selected for this purpose is located in the heart of Silicon Valley and near the San Francisco Bay, at Moffet Field. He said that Shanghai is proof that the World Expo may draw attention to the international stage and that the candidate site for Expo 2020 is Silicon Valley to showcase the innovations and successes of the State of California which is at the forefront of global entertainment areas, agriculture, environmental protection, high technology, green technology and biotechnology. Jia Qinglin, the Chinese top political advisor, also spoke during a meeting with Chinese and foreign participants in an international conference of sister cities in Shanghai, which ended last Friday, to encourage Chinese and foreign cities to achieve a pragmatic cooperation and benefit of all to seek common development. How to address the financial crisis, creating a low-carbon emissions, the environmental protection and use of new energy are also among the topics discussed at the conference of sister cities in Shanghai theme was "Best cities through cooperation." Other international and local personalities from various fields were also invited to express their wishes and expectations for the Expo 2010 as well as their views on the theme "Better City, Better Life". Among them include the former French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin, Shanghai Mayor Han Zheng, the Chinese actor Jackie Chan, the basketball player Yao Ming professional, the Belgian Ambassador to China Patrick Nijs and composer, record producer, American trumpeter Quincy Jones.
Tags: California , Expo2010 , Schwarzenegger , Silicon Valley
September
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Expo2010 on September 7th, 2010
A day dedicated to the Beatles was celebrated on September 4 in the pavilion of Liverpool, in the Urban Best Practices Area. This day was attended by many visitors disguised as "Fab Four" and who agreed to sing in front of the queues, even accompanied by some employees of the pavilion. On this occasion, the Liverpool pavilion has affixed a special stamp on the passports of all participants who were willing to imitate one of the Beatles and sing, as a souvenir of Expo. The lyrics of the songs "Yesterday" and "Hey Jude" were also distributed and a selection of the best lookalike of the day and the best singer was made by the pavilion, the lucky winners who received each of ceramic figurines in limited edition mascot "Superlambanana". Meanwhile a parade was held in honor of the beginning of the Cultural Week of Shaanxi, which was attended parade 300 extras dressed as terracotta warriors and which had the size of the inspection tours of the Tang emperors and army of the Qin Dynasty (221-206 BC. JC). During the celebration of this cultural week to be held in Shaanxi everyday on the street Bocheng, the parade will be accompanied by drums and elements of the opera Qinqiang and rural and traditional dances. Similarly, a series of shows was also held on September 6 on the roof Prague on the occasion of her special day, including a concert of jazz music with Autumn Tunes, a rock concert with the group Punx Zina, a piece puppets, a parade with the fashion designer Eva Brzakova Prague and a performance with opera singer of the Czech National Theatre Vratislav Kriz.
Tags: Beatles , Liverpool , expo pavilion
Aug
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Expo2010 on August 31st, 2010
Following orders from the Business Council of State, all entertainment activities, including a hundred shows and cultural activities on the site of Expo 2010 Shanghai, were suspended on August 15, national day of mourning for victims of mudslides occurred in Zhouqu in Gansu Province, on August 8th 1239 and who had died and 505 injured according to the latest report. Since the announcement of this tragedy, volunteers in the park of Expo Shanghai had already installed stickers on their uniforms indicating "May heaven bless Zhouqu" in Chinese characters to draw attention to this sad event. In this context, the flag of Gansu held Sunday, August 15th a ceremony simple and solemn mourning during which were transmitted on a large screen images and movies on relief operations in Zhouqu. In addition, Chinese flags and flags of the Office of World Fairs and the Shanghai World Expo were lowered to half mast and no music was played or the opening of the Expo, or during the day. As for the other participants at the Expo 2010, they had the choice to half-mast or not their own national flags. On the occasion of the ceremony of mourning, most Gansu flag lights had been extinguished, leaving the flag in a certain obscurity, and only a few lamps were lit to illuminate a banner on which was inscribed "Sincere condolences to the victims of the mudslide in Zhouqu "in Chinese characters in black and was hung in the main exhibition hall of the pavilion. People thronged the pavilion Gansu to express their condolences to three minutes of silence were observed during which all visitors wore little white flowers on the chest they were subsequently deposited on a glass table in front a map of Gansu.
Although the temperature reached 39.9 ° C the last few days, this has not prevented the influx of visitors to the website of the Shanghai World Expo, with their number reached 40.18 million people in 106 th day of the event. Among the many visitors it was noted the presence, on August 12, one hundred orphans from centers of Sichuan and Henan, whose parents died from AIDS, having contracted the virus by donating blood illegally. During their stay, these small special guests had the opportunity to receive more gifts, have lunch in the pavilion of the Association of the Centre for Global Trade and were invited to visit the pavilions of Italy, the China and the Netherlands. A group of Chinese students from Jiangxi and Qinghai was also invited to visit the Japan Pavilion and flags of their respective provinces on August 12, as part of an exchange program between the two countries. The characteristic of this group of students is that they were witnesses of the earthquake with a magnitude of 7.1 occurred in Qinghai in April last and the floods in June last Jiangxi, these two natural disasters having completely devastated their homes. Of the program "Connecting Hearts: Journey of Harmony Youth" which was established by the Association for Japan-China friendship for children and the committees of the Communist Youth League of China Jiangxi and Qinghai, the organizers hope to help these young people to establish a friendly relationship with Japan and the world, to understand the importance of living in harmony with nature and to regain confidence in life.
Tags: Expo Shanghai , Jiangxi , Qinghai
