Hong Kong Disneyland denied a report in Hong Kong's Wen Wei Po newspaper that said the company had plans to open a second Chinese Disneyland in Shanghai's Pudong district before 2010. "If we were to reach an arrangement for a second park in China, in all likelihood it would not open before 2010," Agence France-Presse quoted Irene Chan, vice president of public affairs at Hong Kong Disneyland, as saying. Hong Kong Disneyland, located on an island off of Hong Kong, opens September 12. more ›

McDonald's has bowed to pressure, pulling from the airwaves in Shanghai and several other Chinese cities a televison advertisement the Chinese state media called "insulting." The ad featured a Chinese man kneeling before an electronics salesman, begging for a discount because his coupon had expired. No begging is necessary at McDonald's, the ad said, because coupons there are good for a year. (Danwei.org has the ad's translated script.) more ›