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SB会 (SB huì): SB Conference [[file:Haibao.jpg|250px|thumb|right|''A version of the Shanghai Expo's normally smiling mascot [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haibao Haibao], modified by netizens to show indignation. (Wildeastfootball.net)'']]
  
In Chinese, the World Expo is called the 世博会 (shì bó huì), literally “the world expo conference.” The initials of the first two characters are SB. This coincidentally is a common online abbreviation for the word 傻屄 (shǎbī) which translates roughly to “dumbass.”
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In Chinese, the World Expo is called the 世博会 (shì bó huì), literally “world expo conference.” The initials of the first two characters are SB. Coincidentally, SB is a common online abbreviation for the Mandarin profanity [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandarin_Chinese_profanity#Vagina 傻屄 (shǎbī), which translates literally to “stupid cunt.”]
  
The World Expo in Shanghai has been controversial because of its huge cost (the government has spent more on the Expo than it did on the Olympics in Beijing) and also because of the way local residents were removed from their land with allegedly low levels of compensation. Netizens claim that the government will profit greatly by reselling the land after the Expo when the pavilions are demolished and the land is cleared. Netizens who have been critical of the World Expo have been intimidated and interrogated by China's Internet police, the Domestic Security Department. (See China Digital Times, [http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2010/05/a-student%E2%80%99s-experience-of-being-invited-to-%E2%80%9Cdrink-tea%E2%80%9D/ here]).
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The [http://chinadigitaltimes.net/china/2010-world-expo/ 2010 World Expo] in Shanghai has been controversial due to its enormous cost (the government spent more on the Expo than it did on the Olympics in Beijing) and to the [http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2006/04/shanghai-defends-mass-relocations-for-expo-2010-reuters/ relocation of local residents] who allegedly received inadequate compensation. Netizens claim that the government will profit greatly by reselling the land after the Expo when the pavilions are demolished and the land is cleared. Some [http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2010/05/a-student%E2%80%99s-experience-of-being-invited-to-%E2%80%9Cdrink-tea%E2%80%9D/ netizens who expressed views critical] of the World Expo found themselves invited to “[[drink tea]],” a euphemism for being interrogated by security forces.  
  
The government has also angered some Shanghai residents by making [http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/17/opinion/17gao.html efforts to restrict the outdoor wearing of pajamas], a longtime Shanghai tradition, so as to put on a good face for foreign visitors.
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Some Shanghai residents were angered by government [http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/17/opinion/17gao.html efforts to restrict them from wearing pajamas ouside of the house], a longtime Shanghai tradition, so as to put on a good face for foreign visitors
[[File:Expo.jpg|400px|thumb|left|Shanghai Expo]]
 
  
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SB会 (SB huì): SB Conference

A version of the Shanghai Expo's normally smiling mascot Haibao, modified by netizens to show indignation. (Wildeastfootball.net)

In Chinese, the World Expo is called the 世博会 (shì bó huì), literally “world expo conference.” The initials of the first two characters are SB. Coincidentally, SB is a common online abbreviation for the Mandarin profanity 傻屄 (shǎbī), which translates literally to “stupid cunt.”

The 2010 World Expo in Shanghai has been controversial due to its enormous cost (the government spent more on the Expo than it did on the Olympics in Beijing) and to the relocation of local residents who allegedly received inadequate compensation. Netizens claim that the government will profit greatly by reselling the land after the Expo when the pavilions are demolished and the land is cleared. Some netizens who expressed views critical of the World Expo found themselves invited to “drink tea,” a euphemism for being interrogated by security forces.

Some Shanghai residents were angered by government efforts to restrict them from wearing pajamas ouside of the house, a longtime Shanghai tradition, so as to put on a good face for foreign visitors