&$ &$A corner of the 798 Artistic District in Beijing. Photo: IC&$ &$ As China prepares for the upcoming “golden” decade of cultural industry development, numerous creative gardens, regarded by many as an efficient way to promote the industry, have been enjoying a boom, including the announcement earlier this month of a new 15 billion yuan ($2.3 million) project. Construction of the Songshan …
Creative Gardens bloom (People’s Daily)
February 3rd, 2010 · No Comments
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Poors to live next to the Happiest Place on Earth! (Shanghaiist)
January 28th, 2010 · No Comments
Despite hopes of many to turn the area around the soon-to-be-begun Shanghai Disneyland into a resort-like area for China’s burgeoning population of rich people, it seems like the Shanghai government’s got another idea: budget housing. Mayor Han Zheng said yesterday that he’s trying to negotiate for the allocation of some land around the site for lower-income housing
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Hong Kong Disneyland lifts lid on financial losses (The Malaysian Insider)
January 19th, 2010 · No Comments
HONG KONG, Jan 19 — Disney’s troubled Hong Kong Disneyland theme park made a net loss of HK$1.315 billion (RM565 million) last year while attracting 4.6 million visitors, in its first major admission of its financial performance since opening in 2005. Since opening to great fanfare in 2005, Disney’s first magic kingdom in China has struggled to attract the expected flood of visitors from …
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(AFX UK Focus) 2010-01-19 06:48 Hong Kong Disneyland lifts lid on string of financial losses (Interactive Investor)
January 19th, 2010 · No Comments
HONG KONG, Jan 19 (Reuters) – Disney’s troubled Hong Kong Disneyland theme park made a net loss of HK$1.315 billion last year while attracting 4.6 million visitors, in its first major admission of its financial performance since opening in 2005. Since opening to great fanfare in 2005, Disney’s first magic kingdom in China has struggled to attract the expected flood of visitors from mainland …
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Plight at the museum (Taipei Times)
January 16th, 2010 · No Comments
When Cai Guo-qiang (蔡國強) left his native China in 1986, he began a process of artistic development that would lead to his being recognized as one of world’s top artists.
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