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its booming economy and resurgent national pride for the world.However, if one pays attention to the local public"s assessment, it turns out that the motive is dramatically different. True, the Olympics was needed to impress the world. But that is over and done with now. World Expo is intended to impress the Chinese and help them cross into a different era.
The current Chinese government has introduced an idea of "renewable" economic development which would spare the country"s natural resources. The idea became widely popular; China is extremely concerned about the environment, and with good reason: weather services in Beijing keep reporting "dust." No other country hears the word "dusty" in weather reports. Dust became China"s problem after the country destroyed its forests and made several other grave mistakes.
World Expo was perfectly timed and its theme well selected to draw the country"s attention to new technologies that will keep urban environments
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