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The Mouse looms over Shanghai

Xinhua Daily TelegraphNovember 5, 2009 San Jin City News  Disney is coming to Shanghai. The Shanghai government announced yesterday that its proposal for a Disney theme park in the city had been approved by the central government. Today's Xinhua... ...full story at Danwei

from Danwei on Thu, Nov 05 2009

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