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Who's taking the Mickey?

It was announced this week that a plan to build a Disney theme park in Shanghai would be submitted to the central government for approval. If green-lighted it will be the second Disney park in China, after the one in Hong Kong, which opened in 2005. The... ...full story at People's Daily

from People's Daily on Fri, Jan 16 2009

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