The speculation ends - Shanghai Disney ready to roll |
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Major Events: a review
October 1998: Disney announces plans to build Asia's second theme park on the Chinese mainland. Shanghai intends to bid, but the project goes to Hong Kong.
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December 2005: Rumors start again about a Shanghai Disneyland project.
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February 6, 2006: Robert Iger, then president and CEO of Walt Disney Company, confirms the company is negotiating with the local government to build a theme park in Shanghai.
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September 2006: Shanghai Disneyland project set aside due to the social security scandal involving the former Party chief of Shanghai.
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March 2008: Shanghai Mayor Han Zheng announces to the public that the Disney project has been submitted to central government.
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November 2008: Shanghai Securities News says the Shanghai Disneyland project is settled.
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January 8, 2009: Shanghai Securities News reports again that Shanghai local government and Disney Corporation have reached an agreement on major issues.
(China.org.cn by Maverick Chen, January 13, 2009)
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Jan. 8-9, Beijing Construction Innovation Country Forum Annual Meeting
Jan. 14-16, Nanjing China Expo Forum for International Cooperation
Jan. 29 - Feb. 1, Switzerland World Economic Forum Annual Meeting
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Jan 5-8, Chongqing West China Agricultural Produce Trade Fair
Jan 6-9, Guangxi China-ASEAN Energy-saving & Environmental Protection New Technologies Expo
Jan 12-21, Fujin Wedding Articles Exhibition
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