The West Lake Exposition was held from 6 June-20 October 1929. It was organized by the Zhejiang provincial government and featured pavilions at sites around Broken Bridge, Solitary Hill, the Yue Fei Temple and North Hill. The Expo hosted some twenty million visitors, including groups from Japan, the United States, the United Kingdom and Indonesia.

This essay will appear in the March 2012 issue of China Heritage Quarterly.—The Editor