'Smile, Shanghai': Sing (and smile) for the 2010 Expo

Taking a page from ‘We Are the World’ Asian stars come out in droves for the recently released Shanghai 2010 World Expo video

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This is a Youku video. For those outside the Great Firewall, check out the video on YouTube here.

In case you were worried that Shanghai 2010 World Expo wouldn’t have a theme song, fret no longer. And no, it's not the now banned ‘Shanghai Doesn’t Welcome You’ by Top Floor Cirus which has all but gotten the band barred from playing for a while.

China Entertainment News reports that the music video for “Smile, Shanghai” (微笑上海) has been released and will be the ever-present background music to the Shanghai 2010 World Expo.

This star-packed video includes more than just inspirational riffs and shots of many of the major pavilions, watch closely and you’ll spot stars like “Andy Lau, CoCo Lee, pop duo Yu Quan, indie pop chanteuse Cheer Chan and JJ Lin. “

And if you were wondering, yes you might have already head this song before, the World Expo Blog points out that this song is the background music for Expo Online.

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A borough-bred Manhattanite, Jessica Beaton has lived in Shanghai for three years working as a magazine editor and freelancer writer. She's now the Shanghai city editor at CNNGo.