Exposure
Restaurant offers typical Dutch fare with a hint of Chinese, Shi Yingying reports.
British museums bring a collection dating back to the second century BC, Zhang Kun reports.
Stage
August 6
Suburban Sheshan has one of the city's most impressive places of worship, Qi Xiao reports.
Many people believe that I volunteered as a chef when I started with the Shanghai Expo, but that's not the case. I was working as a consultant for the Arts and Culture Department of the Africa Joint Pavilion when my talents were discovered.
Multimedia Singapore
Online publicity
FT.COM
Giorgia Fumanti's vocal training background is not typical of the rigorous exercises starting from a young age that most accomplished singers undergo. The 35-year-old Italian soprano, who sings the Italy Pavilion song, didn't begin singing until she auditioned for the church choir at 17 in her hometown of Aulla, Italy. Almost 20 years later, she performed her first concert in Shanghai.
