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Shanghai World Expo not affected by international economic crisis

Global economic instability has not directly impacted the 2010 Shanghai World Expo, a Shanghai official said on Thursday. Yang Xiong, Shanghai's vice mayor in charge of prep work for the expo, spoke at a press conference in Beijing and said... ...full story at People's Daily

from People's Daily on Thu, Oct 16 2008

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