Out with the old, in with the newest ridiculously expensive development project. As Shanghai is finally gearing up to start construction on its Disneyland (the appropriate reaction to this is still, "Why?"), more people are being forcibly evicted to make room for the theme park. Evictions are one of China's most notorious repeat offenses as thousands of people were forced out and displaced for both the Beijing Olympics and the Expo. more ›

Despite approval from Beijing authorities, it seems like the future of Shanghai Disneyland still isn't completely certain. Now the Shanghai members of the Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC, a top political advisory body) are raising a fuss about how much money the amusement park will hemorrhage once it's built. It pointed to the losses sustained by Hong Kong Disneyland, arguing that perhaps that should serve as a warning before details are signed off on. Welp, even if Shanghai Disneyland never comes to fruiton, here's something else we can look forward to: a space park, which will open in Hainan in around 2013. more ›

Seemingly apropos of nothing, Li Bincheng, a leading tourism official in Shanghai, told people that China can sustain three Disney theme parks if it wanted to. "China has a population of 1.4 billion or 1.5 billion. It will not be a problem even if there are three Disneylands here," he said in response to a question about competition between Hong Kong Disneyland and the on again-off again Shanghai park. He then went on to add that if the Shanghai park ever actually came to be, it'd probably be ten times larger than its Hong Kong counterpart. But no worries, because Guangdong and Guangxi residents will probably still go to the much much smaller Hong Kong Disneyland since they live closer. Hmmm, that sure is a lot of talk for something that hasn't even won approval from the higher ups in Beijing yet. Source: SCMP more ›