What people are talking about this week in Expo-related news.

Pandas... The 10 ‘World Expo’ panda cubs flown in from Chengdu have surprised experts by rapidly adapting to their new environment. The notoriously picky extinction-baiters deemed Shanghai bamboo acceptable to their refined palate, but rejected their new climbing frame apparatus as “puerile and embarrassing”. 

A taste of Shanghai... In anticipation of a shortage of hotel rooms during the Expo, Shanghai Tourism Administration has launched a home stay program, designed to let visitors get a taste of the everyday life of a Shanghai family. Guests may or may not be issued pajamas and a caged bird upon arrival.

Traffic control... The metro line that will run through the Shanghai World Expo site was tested for the first time this weekend.  Metro Line 13 will link the Expo zones in Puxi and Pudong, and is expected to be one of the busiest subways during the event. 

Meanwhile, Shanghai is also putting together a plan to help ease traffic pains during the Expo (as if it's not bad enough already...) Apart from encouraging public transport, the city may also limit the use of private and official cars in the city on certain days. According to Xinhua, if traffic becomes chaotic, Shanghai may implement limitations used during the Beijing Olympics, which banned driving on alternate days to cars with odd-numbered plates and those with even-numbered ones. 

- Compiled by April Fong and Alex Taggart; photo by Flickr/le niners