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Shanghai set to build Disneyland

HONG KONG: The Chinese government could give the green light this week for a multi-billion dollar Disney theme park in Shanghai, a report said Monday. ...full story at Channel NewsAsia

from Channel NewsAsia on Mon, Nov 02 2009

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