One of China's greatest fears is that their recent international glory will fade into oblivion. With two major international events, the Olympics and the World Expo, within a year of a half of each other, billions upon billions of dollars have been sunk into new infrastructure and buildings for highly specific functions that lose their purpose after the events conclude. So how does a municipality deal with all that brilliant, new space?
Life after the Expo: NBA in Shanghai?
Laugh of the day: The Expo IPR protection exhibition
Oh my: apparently China is very concerned over the illegal and improper use of licensed emblems for the Shanghai Expo. In fact, they're so concerned about intellectual property theft that they decided to have a mini expo about it. And you can go too!
Around Shanghai: Food safety, taxi etiquette and Han Han's Solo
Another case of technology for perhaps technology's sake? Expo officials announced that all food entering the 2010 Expo grounds will monitored with Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) tags to ensure the quality and safety of the food. [Shanghai Daily]
Touchmedia creates interactive map for Shanghai taxis
Seems like taxis in Shanghai have been getting a whole lot of attention lately. Chinese in-taxi media company, Touchmedia, is launching an interactive map in more than 10,000 taxis around Shanghai next month, all in preparation for next year's Expo.

