Sinomania!: Shanghai Disney Venture Moves Forward

November 03, 2009

Shanghai Disney Venture Moves Forward

Almost a year after Sinomania! first reported on it, the Walt Disney Company announced today that Beijing regulators have given the green light for a Shanghai Disney development. According to Disney the Shanghai venture "would include a Magic Kingdom-style theme park with characteristics tailored to the Shanghai region and other amenities consistent with Disney's destination resorts worldwide." The park's location has been speculated to be Pudong where land is relatively plentiful although older rumours placed the park on Chongming Island in the mouth of the Yangtze. With luck Disney imagineers will cook up something more exciting than the Tokyo or Hong Kong Disneylands which have disappointed in attendance and impression.....

Labels: foreign investment, yangtze

# posted by Sinomania! : 11/03/2009 08:50:00 PM

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Ben Calmes writes, produces, and hosts a weekly broadcast on China, Chinese stock markets, and business matters, at the sinomania.com website. He has traveled alone extensively throughout eleven provinces, municipalities, and special administrative regions in China. His views on China have been sought by Moody's Investors Service, the World Economic Forum, the New York Times, Xinhua Finance, and the Council on Foreign Relations. Ben worked in the White House in the administration of President George H.W. Bush and as a consultant to the Clinton/Gore Transition Team. He has held responsible positions at government sponsored enterprises at the federal, state, and city level as well as the US Department of the Treasury and private enterprises. Ben has a B.A. from the University of Virginia and a M.A. from USC.

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