SHANGHAI, China — Texcare Asia 2007 — the largest industry show in the Far East — was scheduled to open on time today in Shanghai, even as residents braced for more heavy rains resulting from the worst typhoon to make landfall in China in a decade.
More than 2 million people were evacuated from Shanghai and the coastal provinces of Fujian and Zhejiang in advance of Typhoon Wipha. The “super typhoon” passed north of Taiwan early on Tuesday morning (local time), packing winds of more than 150 miles per hour.
