Results tagged “mickeymouse”

Woah Mickey, now that Shanghai Disneyland finally seems to have gotten all its papers in order, it seems like everyone can’t stop gabbering on about it (for instance, has anyone else noticed that Shanghai Daily has kind of turned into Shanghai Disneyland Daily today). Except, we suppose, us. Hey, give us a break, we’ve been covering this roller coaster ride of a deal for so long that it being greenlighted has actually left us a little flabbergasted. And so, since we’re at a loss for words, we’ll let other people talk about what they think about the soon-to-be erected (well, at least by 2014) Sleeping Beauty castle in Pudong.

After years of back and forth, it looks like Shanghai Disneyland has been given the go-ahead. According to news sources, the Shanghai Municipal Government Informatin offices announced the deal's approval early this morning. While details still have to be worked out between the mouse and the ministries, it seems like a pretty set deal.

One of China's most popular folktale heroes, the Monkey King, may be preparing for an epic battle with Mickey Mouse's empire. Shanghai officials have suggested that it might be building a new theme park in Shanghai based on the classic Chinese novel “Journey to the West,” which recounts the exploits of the mischievous Sun Wukong, or Monkey King.

A English-language school that used the Disney moniker without permission was forced to pay 60,000 yuan in compensation to eight families. Originally, called Disney Miracle English Garden, it managed to draw a tuition of 100 yuan per hour from unsuspecting parents. As everyone knows, there's only one school here worthy of the big D: Disney English. Rumor is it that their teachers have to teach wearing mouse ears. Source: Shanghai Daily

In the Murinae subfamily of the Rodentia order, there are whole heaps of squeekers that in English we name either (Harvest / grass / stink) mice or (water / whistling / bush) rats with no real logic. The Chinese on the other hand just say screw it; let's call them all 鼠 and see what they taste like.