Dubai Expo presents a façade of 192 nations at peace || reality is never far from the surface || UAE
- 3 years ago
Dubai (CNN)Spend a few hours wandering the manicured walkways of the Expo 2020 grounds and the world -- or at least this sanitized version in the Dubai desert -- feels at peace and in harmony. But, for many nations, it's all a façade.
A record 192 countries are represented at this year's postponed Expo -- up from 139 at the previous World Expo in Milan -- among them, of course, the world's most poverty-stricken, war-torn and unstable.
Aided by funding from the Emirati government, all of them are using Expo 2020 to present a polished image that might attract investment or tourists, but the strife from back home lurks just under the surface.
A record 192 countries are represented at this year's postponed Expo -- up from 139 at the previous World Expo in Milan -- among them, of course, the world's most poverty-stricken, war-torn and unstable.
Aided by funding from the Emirati government, all of them are using Expo 2020 to present a polished image that might attract investment or tourists, but the strife from back home lurks just under the surface.