ruth wedgwood, anthony d'amato. we thank you both. >> ifill: now the third of our reports from china. ray suarez visits the 2010 shanghai world expo. >> reporter: it's china's latest big thing. like the olympics, only twice as expensive. 150 nations, 70 million fair-goers, held in the biggest city in the world . it's the expo in shanghai, the latest world's fair. mingzheng shi is the director of new york university in shanghai. >> china wants to show off, show off to the world that china is now in the league of the family of nations because in the past, expo was only held in developed countries. this is the first time that a developing country is doing it. so for the great mission of getting china up there in the world of families, is a big, big deal for china. >> reporter: $4 billion spent directly on the fair. more than $50 billion spent to improve the city's infrastructure. shanghai has bet big on the fair but it's not alone. china's trading partners have built elaborate pavilions, going to great lengths to boost

senator d'amato and senator kasten and i staged a minor revolution. it didn't last too long.he vote was 26-3, but we expressed ourselves. i recall hearing senator byrd participated in a discussion with him on the senate floor about the right to retain the floor, whether you could yield to someone or whether you had to have an order of consent before you retained your right to the floor. discussing or debating senator byrd or procedural issues was indeed an education and always regard him as a foremost expert on senate procedure and the rules of this body. his service most recently, in coming in ill, in a wheelchair for a series of cloture votes at 1:00 a.m., historians i think will write about the passage of the comprehensive health care bill and the cloture votes and the passage in the senate on christmas eve early in the morning, finally had a concession that we wouldn't vote at 11:59 on christmas eve but would vote earlier in the day. even the objectors wanted to leave town. but senator byrd came here, performing his duty, although he certainly was not well. it was a trend

senator d'amato and senator kasten and i staged a minor revolution. it didn't last too long.the vote was 26-3, but we expressed ourselves. i recall hearing senator byrd participated in a discussion with him on the senate floor about the right to retain the floor, whether you could yield to someone or whether you had to have an order of consent before you retained your right to the floor. discussing or debating senator byrd or procedural issues was indeed an education and always regard him as a foremost expert on senate procedure and the rules of this body. his service most recently, in coming in ill, in a wheelchair for a series of cloture votes at 1:00 a.m., historians i think will write about the passage of the comprehensive health care bill and the cloture votes and the passage in the senate on christmas eve early in the morning, finally had a concession that we wouldn't vote at 11:59 on christmas eve but would vote earlier in the day. even the objectors wanted to leave town. but senator byrd came here, performing his duty, although he certainly was not well. it was a tren