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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.

This year's Shanghai world expo is getting closer. And the organizers aren't the only ones busy preparing for the event. Hundreds of Chinese families are also getting ready to welcome foreign visitors to their home.

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The Matouqin, or horse-head fiddle, a traditional Mongolian instrument.

The Shanghai Expo has been an opportunity for China to put its culture on display for the world. Now one of the oldest art forms in the country is getting a modern makeover and generating global attention.

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.