there is a chinese clone of disneyland in beijing
With its slogan Disneyland is too far, Beijings Shijingshan
Amusement Park features a replica of Cinderellas Castle, with
staff dressed like Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and other Disney
characters.
None of this is authorized by Disney - but that has not stopped the
state-owned park from creating its own counterfeit version of the
Magic Kingdom in a brazen example of the sort of open and
widespread copyright piracy that has Washington fuming.
The United States announced Monday it would file a case at the
World Trade Organization over rampant copyright piracy in China, a
practice which US companies say deprives them of billions of
dollars each year.
But 31-year-old housewife Zhang Li betrays a typical Chinese
attitude on the issue while chasing her young son around the
park.
I dont understand why that is such a big problem. Shouldnt
others be able to use those characters besides [Disney]? she
asks.
some visitors claimed that the park is illegally copying Disneys
Minnie Mouse. but the parks operators have insisted that the
character on the right is not a mouse. its a cat with very large
ears!
