As Shanghai prepares for the 2010 World Expo, the city is also preparing for what's been termed "the never-ending expo"—that refers to Disneyland, which city officials see as a dream come true.

China's new Disneyland is proving not so magical for many Shanghai residents. People living in the proposed project area are in the midst of relocating in order to make room for the newest neighbor on the block, Mickey Mouse.

Shanghai released the first phase of resettlement plans earlier this month. According to Yu Yong, mayor of Chuansha township in Shanghai, the city hopes to have the area cleared and ready to welcome the world's most popular mouse by this summer.

Beijing had its day with the Olympic Games – now it's Shanghai's turn.

The gigantic World Expo is an innovation extravaganza taking place in China's business capital, with countries and corporations from all over the world exhibiting their most cutting-edge products.

Set to run for 6 months, the Expo's budget eclipses that even of the Olympics.

Its official cost is $28 billion but some estimate the total investment may be as much as $95 billion, taking into account huge infrastructure projects including new highways and subway lines.

Beijing had its day with the Olympic Games – now it's Shanghai's turn.

The gigantic World Expo is an innovation extravaganza taking place in China's business capital, with countries and corporations from all over the world exhibiting their most cutting-edge products.

Set to run for 6 months, the Expo's budget eclipses that even of the Olympics.

Its official cost is $28 billion but some estimate the total investment may be as much as $95 billion, taking into account huge infrastructure projects including new highways and subway lines.

If anyone doubts the significance of the world expo, don’t tell that to the Chinese. In the wake of the global financial crisis, China has committed to organizing the largest-ever world expo.

Once called the world’s fair, the numbers surrounding next year’s event in Shanghai are staggering. China will spend about 4.2 billion dollars staging the expo, more, in fact than was spent for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Expo organizers expect 70 million people to attend the 6-month-long festival including about 3.5 million visitors from overseas. Compare this to the last world expo, which was held Japan in 2005, and attracted slightly over 22 million visitors.