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Disney: Mickey's next store is in China

Walt Disney Co plans to open 25 to 40 stores in China over the next three years, with its first shop on track to open in the world's most populous country this fall, a top company executive told Reuters. The news comes as the world [...]

Posted On : Jan, 18 2012 | Comments : 0

China's Fake Disneyland, Overgrown and Ghostly

In 1998 the Reignwood Group, a Thai-owned property developer, touted plans to build Wonderland on 120 acres (48 hectares) in the village of Chenzhuang in China, some 20 miles (32 kilometers) outside of Beijing. But the deal—which [...]

Posted On : Dec, 23 2011 | Comments : 0

An Eerie Tour Of The Knockoff Disney World That China Abando...

Not all construction projects in China turn into ghost towns: some turn into ghost amusement parks. Wonderland was supposed to be a fantastic amusement park just 45 minutes outside of Beijing, on the way to the Great Wall. Judging from t [...]

Posted On : Dec, 14 2011 | Comments : 0

Disney powers ahead with English schools in China

Walt Disney plans to rapidly expand its language schools across mainland China with the aim of teaching English to 150,000 children by 2015, a newspaper reported Wednesday. After a successful trial phase that began in 2008, the numbe [...]

Posted On : Jul, 07 2010 | Comments : 0

Walt Disney - China big enough for two Disneylands

Walt Disney believes that China is able to support two Disneyland resorts, and that its new park in Shanghai will not damage business for Disneyland Hong Kong, AP reported. Speaking in Hong Kong, Bill Ernest, president of Walt Disney's Asia [...]

Posted On : Dec, 14 2009 | Comments : 0

Chinas spirits hold Mickey Mouse at bay

Mickey Mouse has met an unexpected obstacle on his chirpy march to bring Walt Disney’s consumer culture into China — ancestor worship. Amid rice fields and bamboo groves south of Shanghai, hundreds of villagers are resisting p [...]

Posted On : Nov, 23 2009 | Comments : 0

China agency signals Shanghai Disneyland progress

A long-awaited plan to build a Disney theme park in Shanghai appears to have moved forward, with officials confirming Monday that needed central government approvals are in place and an announcement is due soon. However, Disney said there w [...]

Posted On : Nov, 02 2009 | Comments : 0

Ikea Is the Disney World of China

Ikea just to hang out. And sleep on the beds. When dealing with the most extreme and bizarre practices of foreign cultures, it's often best not to judge. Grotesquely stretching women's necks with a series of metal rings? Outsiders wouldn't [...]

Posted On : Aug, 26 2009 | Comments : 0

Disney World Epcot Dining - An international experience - It...

Ordinarily, it might take a lifetime of vacations to sample the representative cooking of China, France, the United Kingdom, Japan, Germany, Italy, Norway, Mexico and Morocco. For the World Showcase traveler, it’s a 1.1-mile wal [...]

Posted On : Jun, 29 2009 | Comments : 0

Disney launches B2C online shopping services in China

Walt Disney Co, the world's largest media and entertainment corporation, Monday launched its B2C online shopping services in China in consideration of the country's huge e-commerce market potential, The First Financial Daily reported. Disn [...]

Posted On : Apr, 01 2009 | Comments : 0

China's migrant workers allowed to visit Hong Kong Disneylan...

Migrant workers from factories in southern China will be allowed to visit Disneyland under a new scheme announced Wednesday allowing 10 million more Chinese visitors into Hong Kong.However, with the theme park's entrance fees at 45 US dolla [...]

Posted On : Mar, 04 2009 | Comments : 0

Disney Interactive Studios Agrees to Acquire China-Based Vid...

Disney Interactive Studios today announced an agreement to acquire Gamestar, one of China’s leading independent video game software developers. With locations in Shanghai and Wuhan, Gamestar has a six-year track record producing [...]

Posted On : Apr, 08 2008 | Comments : 0

Disney investigates claims of labor abuse at factory in sout...

The Walt Disney Co. has sent a team to investigate allegations of labor abuse at one of its factories making stuffed toys in southern China, the entertainment giant said Wednesday.Hong Kong-based labor activists had alleged that hundreds of [...]

Posted On : Nov, 07 2007 | Comments : 0

Disney's 'Gourd' makes $1M in China

The Walt Disney Co.'s first non-Hollywood movie made more than US$1 million (euro740,000) at Chinese box offices in its first week, but "The Secret of the Magic Gourd," lagged far behind two of this year's biggest American release [...]