Will they stay or will they go?

The fate of many pavilions at Expo remains in the balance. Some may stay, some may be moved to other parts of China, while others will be dismantled and sold. At least one will fall apart naturally

Even before the curtain for Expo Shanghai 2010 is raised, Joe H. Villarreal, US commissioner general to the event, has been thinking about the fate of the structure that he and his team scrambled to complete in time.

"We built the facility with the idea in mind that it has a life following Expo. This facility is built to last a thousand years," Villarreal said.