Japanese TV report about Shanghai’s preparations for 2010 expo

A Japanese TV news report takes a look at how Shanghai is preparing for the big 2010 expo:

The report isn’t exactly positive. Here are some of the main points covered:

•Work is progressing on the China Pavilion. (The Japan Pavilion will look like an ugly pink dome.)

•As work on massive infrastructure construction projects progresses, some older-looking buildings are being covered up with fake facades.

•Shanghai is trying to convince its residents that wearing pajamas in public is not polite.

•Some stores are selling ridiculously expensive gold medals to commemorate the expo. Street merchants are selling illegal knock-offs of official expo merchandise.