John Naisbitt and his wife, Doris Naisbitt, accepted an exclusive interview by China.org.cn and expressed their opinion on the Shanghai World Expo and what a "better city" is.

After serving in the U.S. Marine Corps and after finishing his studies at Utah, Cornell and Harvard, John Naisbitt worked as the Assistant Secretary of Education under President Kennedy when he was 34, and worked as Special Assistant for President Johnson.

John Naisboitt has traveled the world since the late 1960s, keeping in close touch with corporations and people in many fields. He has spoken to many major corporations. His cultural life and residence in the United States, Europe and now China keeps him directly in touch with a changing economic environment -- experience that is reflected in the books he has written.

John Naisbitt's international bestseller Megatrends sold more than 9 million copies and was on the New York Times bestseller list for more than two years, mostly as number one. He published the international bestsellers Re-inventing the Corporation in 1985, Megatrends 2000 in 1990, which was published in 32 countries and was the number one bestseller in the U.S., Japan, and Germany, and Megatrends for Women in 1992 (co-authored with Patricia Aburdene). His Japanese language book, Japan's Identity Crisis, was released in 1992 and was a bestseller in Japan.

His 1994 book, Global Paradox, received England's World Review Award for The Best Book of The Year. Megatrends Asia 1995, was a bestseller in the German language and in Asia. High Tech High Touch, was published in the fall of 1999 and has since been published in 17 countries.His last book Mind Set! was published in 42 countries. The Wall Street Journal called his work "triumphantly useful…taking bearings in all directions and giving us the courage to do the same."

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