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China’s 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. ...full story at Times Online

from Times Online on Sat, Nov 21 2009

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