Expo Challenges the World

In my first blog post about Shanghai I mentioned that they were busy preparing for the World Expo 2010. All over the city there is construction work taking place on both new and old buildings. As a result the majority of buildings are covered in scaffolding.

Construction work in Shanghai

As you can see from the picture the scaffolding is made from bamboo. It is used on construction sites throughout China so it must be safe but when you see it up close you would have your doubts about this fact!

Bamboo scaffolding in China

Another part of the preparation for the Expo is the addition of more Chinese/English signs throughout the city. Below are two signs that I came across in one of the parks. I'm not really sure what they mean...

Civilization play park

We glitter civilization