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China Daily | Updated: 2010-07-02 07:54

A long ride

A coach carrying 25 passengers from Germany arrived at the Expo Garden on June 25, setting a record for longest journey to Expo Garden. The trip covered 18,000 kilometers from Germany to China in 71 days. Organizers said they prepared for two years for the journey, which attracted many applicants. Organizers said traveling by coach is popular in Germany because it is a clean, safe and low carbon.

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Home-stay popular

The Expo home-stay scheme is becoming more and more popular as an increasing number of foreign tourists visit the Expo. In May and early June, the Expo home-stay scheme was not popular, but now home-stay hosts are busy preparing for guests from all over the world. Home-stay scheme hosts have been taking special courses, including cooking and foreign languages, to provide quality service. "Guests will have more insights into China while staying with us," said one home-stay scheme host.

EASTDAY.COM

Water solutions

Several case pavilions in Urban Best Practices Area provide solutions to water management in cities, inspiring districts and towns alongside rivers in Shanghai to take advantage of this learning opportunity. While Luwan and Xuhui districts are learning from the Paris Pavilion, which demonstrates ecological system rehabilitation, Putuo district is exploring measures to develop the Suzhou River industrial area by learning from the Bilbao Pavilion.

LABOUR-DAILY.CN

Panda paradise

Ten pandas brought especially to Shanghai for Expo have been moved from the Shanghai Zoo to the Shanghai Wildlife Park in Pudong, which has constructed a 3,000-square-meter exhibition area and bamboo forest. The pandas will also get to enjoy ladders and swings, which are installed in their new home. The facilities are designed to encourage the pandas to exercise regularly.

WHY.COM.CN

Suitcase arrives

A suitcase once belonging to Danish fairytale writer Hans Christian Anderson went on display in the Expo Garden on June 28. Hans Christian Anderson wrote about a Chinese emperor and the Chinese lifestyle in his fairytale Nightingale, although he had never traveled to China.

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