Starting this Sunday at the Urban Footprint Pavilion, a commemorative exhibition on the 2010 Shanghai World Expo featuring the fair's most noteworthy displays, offers visitors a chance to relive their favorite expo experiences. So for all expo survivors striving to repress the memory of slogging through the Chinese Pavilion's nine hour lines on a sultry afternoon, only to finally settle for more accessible but less intriguing exhibits, this is for you! more ›

Um, we're sure you're really interested in new trends within the Chinese gaming industry on display at the 9th China Digital Entertainment Expo & Conference (aka Chinajoy) held in Shanghai over the weekend. After all, there's all sorts of exciting developments about the country's still maturing digital entertainment landscape, which has yet to produce the sort of world-beating entertainment properties regularly featured at game conferences like the Tokyo Game Show, or the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) held annually in Los Angeles. However, we have little to say on the subject, and unfortunately can only provide as a consolation prize this modest gallery of women (and perhaps at least one or two males, we really can't say for sure) hired for, uh...um...sorry, we lost our train of thought. We're just going to look at a few more pics to figure out what they were hired for. It'll come to us, we're sure. more ›

In case you already had your calendar marked for the opening of the Shanghai Grand Carnival on the Expo grounds this summer, please take note! Due to delays in the shipping of parts and equipment, the carnival has pushed back its opening from July 23 to July 28, in order to have enough time to perform safety checks on all the rides. By all means, Shanghai Carnival, please do take your time. We've seen what can happen at the early opening of amusement parks in China... more ›

"THE China Pavilion is to reopen from July 12 to October 10 with the same ticket price, 20 yuan (US$3), as before and the same exhibits, the Expo organizer said yesterday. The pavilion will open from 9am to 5pm every day expect for Mondays with the entrance on Xueye Road in the Pudong New Area. The pavilion received more than 9 million visitors during the Shanghai World Expo in 2010 and another 5.7 million after it reopened from December 1 to May 31 this year." [Shanghai Daily] more ›

Remember that really outrageous one million RMB gold heist that happened during the expo last year? Neither do we. Nevertheless, officials have reported today about the successful trials of the three convicted “gold raiders”. We got ‘em! more ›

Fun, fun, fun! After six years, the Grand Carnival is returning, this time to Shanghais Expo Site in Pudong. Is this a way to generate excitement for an otherwise useless piece of space? WHO CARES?! IT'S A CARNIVAL! more ›

Shanghaiist reader Andy Shum sent us the following screengrabs from a 1st season episode of Criminal Minds, a CBS police procedural drama that premiered September 2005, that also happens to be one of the most popular US TV series on Tudou. "This, being episode 20," says Shum, "would have aired in May, 2006. Coincidence?" more ›

One of the big draws of the China Pavilion was their "live watercolor" painting - a scroll that seemingly had come to life as the inhabitants within played amongst the brushwork. Now you can kind of see how it's done with this video for the China Bank of Communication. Awesome! more ›

The 8th annual Shanghai Sexpo, or 'Shanghai Reproductive and Adult Health Expo' as it's called in Chinese, was held over a three-day period last weekend and drew crowds of 6,500 people (see our past coverage here.) Most of these were men (about 3% were women) and the average age was around 30. Going by the photos, many came less for the products, and more for the ogling of Japanese lingerie models on stage. more ›

The Korean Foreign Minister has issued an apology over the sex scandal involving three Korean consulate members in Shanghai. All three men under investigation are suspected to have had relations with the same woman! That's a pretty scandalous-y scandal. more ›

After the rush crowds of opening day and the 35,000 people who lined up to visit it this weekend, the China Pavilion is rethinking its ticket policy. Now, instead of having people line up willy nilly to get in whenever the line lets them, tickets to the pavilion will have specific dates and times on them. more ›

The China Pavilion officially reopened today, and true to form, tens of thousands of people rushed ticket offices near Yaohua Road Station of Metro Line 8. Crowds began gathering at 9:30am, and overwhelmed organizers reacted by more than doubling the open ticket windows (people still waited up to four hours) and calling in local police and armed soldiers for help. Enthusiasm for tickets was "far beyond their expectations." The Expo bureau official interviewed seemed about as baffled as we are, saying there's no need for the rush considering "we have enough tickets and people can buy as many as they want." more ›

Blogger, Christine H. Tan of Shanghai Shiok has given us permission to repost some of the great photos she took of the expo after the close. The gallery here shows the whole expo grounds have turned into one giant ghost town cum rubbish site. You can also see before and after shots of pavilions like North and South Korea, Africa, and watch the Macau bunny lose its head. more ›

People out and about during work hours these last couple of days may have noticed the long, long lines forming outside of various bank around town. The China Construction Bank on Jiangsu Lu and Wuding Lu was especially insane this morning - with a line of eager, excited middle aged people snaking almost two blocks. What are they waiting for? Expo stamps. more ›

CDT's latest in their ongoing translations from the Chinese blog Ministry of Truth reveal a list of eight prominent news items that the Propaganda Department doesn't want "hyped" in the Chinese media. Among the typically sensitive subjects of murder, death, promiscuity, etc., we found a more bizarre missive: "The retention or abandonment of World Expo pavilion buildings." more ›

588 Madang Lu near Xujiahui Lu (马当路588号进徐家汇路), according to the ExpoChina twitter. They've built a new Lost & Found Center there that's easily accessible by taking the No.9 Line to the Madang Road stop. It'll be open daily from 9am to 6pm until the end of the year. Over the last six months, visitors have lost nearly 8000 objects on Expo grounds, which actually doesn't sound like that much for crowds of 73 million. So, if you lost something and are pretty sure it wasn't pickpocketed off you, why not try this place? It'll be interesting to see how you convince them that whatever they have is actually yours. more ›

Miss Expo already? No worries! The government, anticipating your postpartum depression, has promised us all a museum dedicated to the World Expo 2010 by 2010. It will "conserve the typical world expo exhibits while offering a platform to popularize world expo history and current developments," says Zhu Yonglei of the Bureau of Shanghai World Expo Coordination. According to Xinhua, more than 200 expo participants have already signed on to donate exhibits - numbering 4,000 - to the museum once it's built. What Expo exhibits would you want to see in a museum? more ›

They have done it again! The folks at the Rhone-Alps Pavilion have come out with their latest take on the sights and sounds of Shanghai. This one's entitled, Manger! (Eat! for you non-Francophones out there). Follow them as they glide around town hitting some classics like snack haven Nanjing Dong Lu, a savory xiaolongbao joint and the neighborhood meat-on-a-stick-guy. more ›

Here's some pictures of the Expo grounds now being demolished. more ›

Everyone probably noticed that on November 1, 2010, the skies hazed up almost immediately. In case anybody was wondering if it was just a weather fluke, here's proof it wasn't: The day after Expo ended, the amount of particulate matter in Shanghai's air more than doubled from the day before (more than tripling the amount from October 30, even). In fact, it was the third-worst day of 2010 (there were two days in March that were even more terrible). more ›

With the close of the Expo, the municipal government has released this nice (and glorious) statement thanking the public for their help in hosting the world fair. We've translated it for you guys below. more ›

While it still doesn't seem to be up on Chinese video sites, someone uploaded all of the Expo closing ceremonies to Youtube. Above is the fanfare before the speeches start. I'm not sure how interested anyone is in actually seeing the whole thing, since it was much less of a spectacle than the opening ceremonies, but I've put all the videos (and their section names - in case a part named "Fusion of Art and Music" whets your appetite) after the jump. more ›

If the Beijing Olympics taught us anything, it was that there are a lot of Chinese parents out there who like to name their kids after once-in-a-lifetime events. Knowing that, it's probably not surprising that there are going to be many Chinese kids named after the World Expo (Shibo). But 30,000 in this year? Yeesh. more ›

@Chijs: "The Shanghai Expo is over and immediately the air pollution is worse than any day during the past 6 months." more ›

The Expo is over! How strange does it feel that this event, which we've all been hearing nonstop about over the last two or three years has now finally drawn to an end. With the deconstructing of Expo grounds on the horizon, we've got so many questions: How will the Shanghai government justify its public work projects now? Does this mean the “Better City, Better Life” slogan can now be retired? What will happen to all the Haibaos still plastered around the city? more ›

• Our editor recounted the history of her grandmother's house now that Expo is over and its days on Sinan Lu are dwindling. The house was home to a diplomat who brought the Bund back to the Chinese and a freedom fighter who became China's first female lawyer.
• Animals throughout China can breathe a sigh of relief; authorities are starting to take action on the abuse of animals in parks and zoos across the country.
• Driverless cars and cars with a safety rating of zero had us deciding that it's probably best to stick with the Metro for the time being.

Speaking of the Expo, since it's ending on Sunday, we can expect a lot of overwrought opinion pieces on it come Monday morning. Before that though, Shanghai Scrap has gotten the jump on every other Expo closing thoughts piece by interviewing one of the Expo's biggest critics, Malcolm Moore of the Telegraph. Has his opinion changed in these six months? Let this quote give you a hint: "In terms of what it tells us about China, I would say the Expo confirms, once again, that the Communist party will do almost anything not to lose face. That’s also not news." more ›

Expecting big fireworks or some kind of blow out bash for the end of Expo? Don't, says Shanghai Daily: "NO firework displays or parties will be held on the closing night of the World Expo, the Expo organizer announced yesterday. All pavilions will operate normally, opening at 9:30am and closing at 10:30pm. All performances will end at 8pm." While there will be a closing ceremony, it'll probably be pretty tame compared to the opening, and you can watch it from one of the many LED screens after 8pm. Hmmm, is somebody trying to make us feel better about not getting tickets to the last day? more ›

Oops! If you were planning on going to Expo on the very last day and take part of the closing festivities, we hope you got your ticket already. According to Shanghai Daily, tickets marked for Sunday, the 31st, have now sold out. more ›

Sure, the World Expo has been auctioning off its parts for a while now, but I haven't paid much attention until this item went on sale: the U.K. Pavilion. You can now bid for a piece of it on Taobao, with all of the proceeds going to charity. more ›