|[!--empirenews.page--]|[!--empirenews.page--]|While Jongdari, the 12th typhoon this year, was sweeping through Shanghai’s streets, throngs of visitors were oblivious to the tumult outside the Shanghai New International Exhibition Center as they immersed themselves in ChinaJoy 2018. The China Digital Entertainment Expo and Conference kicked off on the morning of August 3. It seemed that the typhoon did not dampen the enthusiasm of gaming enthusiasts and professionals from all over the world at all.[!--empirenews.page--]|[!--empirenews.page--]|While many citizens, especially youngsters, believe that Shanghai was a mere small fishing village 100 years ago, the Shanghai Local Chronicles Office have a definitive version of the city’s history. In order to popularize the true history of Shanghai, the Office has started to compile the “6,000-year History of Shanghai” book series, which delves into the development of Shanghai, including very recent developments such as the history of Reform and Opening up in Shanghai. This book series is expected to be published over five years.[!--empirenews.page--]|Markelle Fultz, point guard of the NBA Philadelphia 76ers, visited Shanghai on August 7th to warm up the upcoming NBA China Tour which will be held in Shanghai and Shenzhen this October. The 20-year-old young star played basketball and games together with 14 Special Olympics athletes and 14 pupils from Yumiao Primary School to spread the passion and fun of NBA to Shanghai citizens ahead of the main event.[!--empirenews.page--]|A total of 81 exhibitors and 269 buyers attended a matchmaking meeting for exhibitors and buyers of the High-end Intelligent Equipment Exhibition Area of the upcoming China International Import Expo (CIIE) on August 8. The most exciting news of the meeting is that the expo will see its largest computer numerical control (CNC) machine tool arrive in Shanghai in one and a half months.