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Will Disney's dreams come true at new Shanghai park?

US$5.5b resort opens amid weak economic growth, banking on China's burgeoning middle class

Published Tue, Jun 14, 2016 · 09:50 PM

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THE Magic Kingdom comes to the Middle Kingdom this week when Disney opens its first theme park in mainland China, betting the growing middle class will spend big on leisure despite a slowing economy.

The US$5.5 billion resort, which opens Thursday, features the world's biggest Disney castle, its blue-topped spires rising above land once occupied by farms and small factories on the outskirts of commercial hub Shanghai.

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