With An Eye to the Future, Shanghai Dismantles Its World Expo Site

Shanghai
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The Japan Pavilion
City planners project that the redevelopment of the site will be complete by 2020. It is hoped that the finished project will bring development back to the center of Shanghai, linking the older Puxi side of the city with Pudong, to the river's east.

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