{"id":816,"date":"2010-10-11T23:35:49","date_gmt":"2010-10-11T15:35:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mdnphoto.com\/blog\/?p=816"},"modified":"2013-07-15T16:04:14","modified_gmt":"2013-07-15T16:04:14","slug":"2010-shanghai-world-expo-axis-of-evil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matthewniederhauser.com\/research\/2010\/10\/11\/2010-shanghai-world-expo-axis-of-evil\/","title":{"rendered":"2010 Shanghai World Expo: Axis of Evil"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/matthewniederhauser.com\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/20100927_shanghaI_worldexpo_axisofevil_pavilion008.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/matthewniederhauser.com\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/20100927_shanghaI_worldexpo_axisofevil_pavilion008.jpg\" alt=\"The exterior of the Iran Pavilion is covered with murals and slogans\" title=\"The exterior of the Iran Pavilion is covered with murals and slogans\" width=\"950\" height=\"633\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-826\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"paragraph\">\n<p>During the State of the Union Address on January 29, 2002 former United States President George W. Bush first employed the term &#8220;<a title=\"Axis of Evil - Wikipedia\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Axis_of_evil\" target=\"_blank\">Axis of Evil<\/a>&#8221; in order to link together three nations he accused of aiding terrorism and seeking to acquire weapons of mass destruction. The culprits, Iran, Iraq and North Korea, still bear that moniker in pop global culture and struggle to show a favorable side of their governments in international media. Rarely are chances given for these nations to present themselves in a better light on a world stage. The 2010 Shanghai World Expo is just such an opportunity and the three &#8220;Axis of Evil&#8221; pavilions are clearly planned to pitch an enticing and optimistic view of the countries in question. Luckily the largely domestic Chinese audience has a healthy appetite for spin and are greatly distracted by occasions to shop for exotic gifts at pavilion stores. Tens of millions of visitors now get an opportunity to see a new face of the &#8220;Axis of Evil&#8221; that was constructed on their own terms under the auspices of the Chinese government.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/matthewniederhauser.com\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/20100927_shanghaI_worldexpo_axisofevil_pavilion001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/matthewniederhauser.com\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/20100927_shanghaI_worldexpo_axisofevil_pavilion001.jpg\" alt=\"Visitors to the North Korea Pavilion must walk over a small bridge that overlooks a panorama of downtown Pyongyang and a model of the Juche Tower\" title=\"Visitors to the North Korea Pavilion must walk over a small bridge that overlooks a panorama of downtown Pyongyang and a model of the Juche Tower\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"aligntriplel size-full wp-image-819\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/matthewniederhauser.com\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/20100927_shanghaI_worldexpo_axisofevil_pavilion003.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/matthewniederhauser.com\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/20100927_shanghaI_worldexpo_axisofevil_pavilion003.jpg\" alt=\"Videos of revolutionary operas and dance routines continuously play on the inside of the North Korea Pavilion\" title=\"Videos of revolutionary operas and dance routines continuously play on the inside of the North Korea Pavilion\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"aligntriplec size-full wp-image-821\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/matthewniederhauser.com\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/20100927_shanghaI_worldexpo_axisofevil_pavilion004.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/matthewniederhauser.com\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/20100927_shanghaI_worldexpo_axisofevil_pavilion004.jpg\" alt=\"North Korean stamps were a hot selling item at the North Korea Pavilion\" title=\"North Korean stamps were a hot selling item at the North Korea Pavilion\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"aligntripler size-full wp-image-822\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/matthewniederhauser.com\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/20100927_shanghaI_worldexpo_axisofevil_pavilion005.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/matthewniederhauser.com\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/20100927_shanghaI_worldexpo_axisofevil_pavilion005.jpg\" alt=\"The Iran Pavilion is an odd mixture of modern design and traditional patterns\" title=\"The Iran Pavilion is an odd mixture of modern design and traditional patterns\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"aligntriplel size-full wp-image-823\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/matthewniederhauser.com\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/20100927_shanghaI_worldexpo_axisofevil_pavilion002.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/matthewniederhauser.com\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/20100927_shanghaI_worldexpo_axisofevil_pavilion002.jpg\" alt=\"The North Korea Pavilion claims to be a &quot;Paradise for People&quot; above its outdated propaganda video display\" title=\"The North Korea Pavilion claims to be a &quot;Paradise for People&quot; above its outdated propaganda video display\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"aligntriplec size-full wp-image-820\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/matthewniederhauser.com\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/20100927_shanghaI_worldexpo_axisofevil_pavilion006.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/matthewniederhauser.com\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/20100927_shanghaI_worldexpo_axisofevil_pavilion006.jpg\" alt=\"A Chinese attendant in Iranian tradional clothing answers questions on various products at the Iran Pavilion\" title=\"A Chinese attendant in Iranian tradional clothing answers questions on various products at the Iran Pavilion\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"aligntripler size-full wp-image-824\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/matthewniederhauser.com\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/20100927_shanghaI_worldexpo_axisofevil_pavilion007.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/matthewniederhauser.com\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/20100927_shanghaI_worldexpo_axisofevil_pavilion007.jpg\" alt=\"The Iran Pavilion store sells woven tapestries that try to cater to a Chinese audience like these two portraits of the 2010 Shanghai World Expo mascot, Haibao\" title=\"The Iran Pavilion store sells woven tapestries that try to cater to a Chinese audience like these two portraits of the 2010 Shanghai World Expo mascot, Haibao\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"aligntriplel size-full wp-image-825\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/matthewniederhauser.com\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/20100927_shanghaI_worldexpo_axisofevil_pavilion013.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/matthewniederhauser.com\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/20100927_shanghaI_worldexpo_axisofevil_pavilion013.jpg\" alt=\"A mural at the entrance to the Iraq Pavilion shows Scheherazade telling another story in One Thousand and One Nights\" title=\"A mural at the entrance to the Iraq Pavilion shows Scheherazade telling another story in One Thousand and One Nights\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"aligntriplec size-full wp-image-830\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/matthewniederhauser.com\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/20100927_shanghaI_worldexpo_axisofevil_pavilion009.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/matthewniederhauser.com\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/20100927_shanghaI_worldexpo_axisofevil_pavilion009.jpg\" alt=\"A visitor videotapes the exterior of the North Korea Pavilion\" title=\"A visitor videotapes the exterior of the North Korea Pavilion\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"aligntripler size-full wp-image-818\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/matthewniederhauser.com\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/20100927_shanghaI_worldexpo_axisofevil_pavilion010.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/matthewniederhauser.com\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/20100927_shanghaI_worldexpo_axisofevil_pavilion010.jpg\" alt=\"A model city lined with camels sits on display at the Iraq Pavilion\" title=\"A model city lined with camels sits on display at the Iraq Pavilion\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"aligntriplel size-full wp-image-827\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/matthewniederhauser.com\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/20100927_shanghaI_worldexpo_axisofevil_pavilion012.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/matthewniederhauser.com\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/20100927_shanghaI_worldexpo_axisofevil_pavilion012.jpg\" alt=\"A photograph of a US soldier appears in a slideshow on modern Iraq at the Iraq Pavilion\" title=\"A photograph of a US soldier appears in a slideshow on modern Iraq at the Iraq Pavilion\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"aligntriplec size-full wp-image-829\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/matthewniederhauser.com\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/20100927_shanghaI_worldexpo_axisofevil_pavilion011.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/matthewniederhauser.com\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/20100927_shanghaI_worldexpo_axisofevil_pavilion011.jpg\" alt=\"Visitors lined up to take photos touching Aladdin&#039;s Lamp at the Iraq Pavilion\" title=\"Visitors lined up to take photos touching Aladdin&#039;s Lamp at the Iraq Pavilion\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"aligntripler size-full wp-image-828\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During the State of the Union Address on January 29, 2002 former United States President George W. Bush first employed the term &#8220;Axis of Evil&#8221; in order to link together three nations he accused of aiding terrorism and seeking to acquire weapons of mass destruction. The culprits, Iran, Iraq and North Korea, still bear that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[34,92,136,221,222,298,307,342,441],"class_list":["post-816","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-society_category","tag-axis-of-evil","tag-commerce","tag-dprk","tag-iran","tag-iraq","tag-north-korean","tag-pavilion","tag-shanghai","tag-world-expo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/matthewniederhauser.com\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/816","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/matthewniederhauser.com\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/matthewniederhauser.com\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matthewniederhauser.com\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matthewniederhauser.com\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=816"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/matthewniederhauser.com\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/816\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2955,"href":"https:\/\/matthewniederhauser.com\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/816\/revisions\/2955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/matthewniederhauser.com\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matthewniederhauser.com\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/matthewniederhauser.com\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}