Car Rental Prices Rising for Shanghai Expo

Date: 2010-4-21 22:34:00 by chinatravel Tags: Shanghai Expo Expo Shanghai

With the World Expo only 10 days away, car rental prices, especially for BPVs and minibuses, are starting to skyrocket.

According to Give Win Car Rental, most of their customers are corporate customers, and the hottest vehicle types right now are minibuses. The price will shoot up 50 percent during the May Day holiday, and they are already fully booked.

Dazhong Car Rental, which

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Shanghai Expo Offers Sneak Peak in the Trial Run of Ten Days

Date: 2010-4-21 5:22:00 by chinatravel Tags: Shanghai Expo Expo

SHANGHAI (AFP) - Organisers of Shanghai's World Expo gave members of the public a preview of the massive event Tuesday as they tested facilities and public transportation 10 days before the official start.

"The Expo looks great. I want to see all the foreign pavilions today," said Wang Huifen, a 50-year-old hotel employee wa

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Shanghai Bans Burning Waste Straw to Ensure Air Quality During World Expo

Date: 2010-4-5 20:22:00 by shyoto Tags: Shanghai Shanghai Expo Environmental Protection Expo

Environment authorities in Shanghai will ban burning waste straw in the suburban agricultural areas to ensure air quality during the World Expo period.

The Shanghai Municipal Environment Protection Bureau will use satellite remote sensing to monitor the burning of waste straw during the Expo period from May 1 to Oct. 31, the bureau said in a statement Saturday.

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