China interested in buying Czech Expo 2010 complex

China is interested in buying the Czech Republic’s pavilion at the Expo 2010 fair in Shanghai. The general commissioner in charge of Czech participation in the world exhibition, Pavel Stehlík, told journalists that talks had been launched about a sale. The Chinese apparently plan to move the complex to a town outside Shanghai. So far the Czech pavilion has been a great success with around 450,000 visits, one in five people who have been to the Expo since it opened its doors two weeks ago. Spokesman Jiří Potužník said other countries had expressed envy of the Czech Republic’s high attendance figures.