国内英语新闻:World media laud organization of Shanghai Expo

"I watched the opening ceremony of the Shanghai Expo attentively from the very beginning to the end, and was deeply touched by many details... There were such moving moments like a teenager helping a blind singer coming up to the stage, a Shanghai-resident Japanese singing a song every Chinese of my generation are familiar with, etc."

Bobby Cai, president of Canada-China Tourism Association, said: "At the very beginning, I was a little bit worried about the event, but afterwards, I was so much relieved and satisfied. It's a perfection! I just returned from Shanghai, there's such a great change in Shanghai in the four months after I last visited the city."

Finnish Kirsi Pitkanen waves to tourists in a water ball outside the Finland Pavilion in the World Expo in Shanghai, east China, May 3, 2010. Pitkanen manipulates the water ball to welcome tourists here who visit the pavilion.

Michael Chan, Ontario minister of tourism and culture, said: "I'm also sorry that I can not be in China at this moment. But I'll go to China in June. If not June, in July or August I'll be in China for sure."