“Only we can hold such an Expo, ” said Fang Xinghai, director general of the Shanghai Financial Services Office. “There’s a bit of national pride in it.

“只有我们才能举办一届这样的世博会，”上海金融服务办公室总干事方星海在接受采访时表示，“这里有一种民族自豪感在内，我们希望世界各国人民来上海看到一届成功的盛会。”

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But even Panamanians who cheered the 1989 U.S. invasion that overthrew strongman General Manuel Antonio Noriega consider the completed handover a point of national pride.

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