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"If you listen to discussions about the Expo on a subway

carriage or on the bus, you will find out that kids focus on details of a show, an exhibition or a building, while adults talk about how tired they feel after queuing. For adults, the Expo Garden is more like a theme park, a kaleidoscope; they limit their happiness within its bounds. For children, who give their imagination more scope to roam, the Expo Garden is a trigger of creativity, a start of their future journey of creation."

Ruan Chenmin

an observer of the Expo 2010 Shanghai, discusses the different effects of the Expo after reading letters from children who visited it.

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"Will the buildings of the future be bizarre, flashy and gaudy? Many visitors to the Expo Garden may have this concern. I think that designs for flats and

cottages will not stray too far in this direction. Libraries, museums, airports, railway stations, theaters and other pieces of architecture, on the other hand, may adopt a showier look. This is a general trend in the field of architecture.

"Expo 2010 Shanghai is

something of a visual revolution for its Chinese visitors. From now on, any bizarre curves or shapes will be more acceptable to them, whether they look like eggs, leaves, worms, shells, webs, snails or caves. Visitors engage in tacit dialogue with these ideas about modern architecture (when they visit the Expo). It makes them more open-minded and improves their aesthetic appreciation."

Zhao Xinshan

head of the Institute of German & Austrian Cultures, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, shares his opinions about the impact of modern architecture on Chinese guests at the Expo.

(China Daily 10/08/2010 page)