A Transcendent Moment in the Land of Haibao

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Date of this Version

2010

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Article

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July 1, 2010 in The China Beat http://www.thechinabeat.org/

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Copyright 2010. Used by permission.

Abstract

I’m finally in Shanghai, where the Gumby-like Haibao is amazingly even more omnipresent than the last time I was through (and then he seemed to be everywhere). I’ve come to check out the Expo, see some new sites, catch up with some old friends, do a bit of traveling, and, as I noted in an earlier post, take part in a dialog on World’s Fairs past and present with Nick Land (that took place a few days ago) and host a weekly series of “Cosmopolitan Conversations” with assorted writers at the Glamour Bar at M on the Bund (those are still to come).