How do you say Mickey in Mandarin?
Shanghai may have recently announced a one-dog policy to curb its canine population, but it’s throwing open its doors to certain rodents.
DAN-CHYI CHUA
Arrested Development
Will the Magic Kingdom ever make it to the Middle Kingdom?
LEE HAN SHIH
Jaded in Japan
Has something become lost in translation for this gaijin mouse?
LEE HAN SHIH
When Disney Goes Abroad - Eurodisney: High Attendance but Bleeds Money
In May, EuroDisney abruptly replaced its CEO. Andre Lacroix, who hailed from Burger King and who was at the job for only two years. He was replaced by Karl Holz, a Disney veteran.
LEE HAN SHIH
Poaching from Mickey
The Venetian fights Disneyland in an all out battle for staff.
LEE HAN SHIH
For Mickey's a Jolly Good Fellow
On November 18, 2008, he turned 80. Arguably the most famous cartoon character on earth, everyone knows him as Mickey Mouse but few realise he started his life as a rabbit.
LEE HAN SHIH
Royal Rumble
Barbara Millicent Roberts, known to her numerous admirers simply as Barbie, needs help. For many years Barbie had reigned supreme in the cut-throat business of selling dolls to young girls. Now she is being mobbed by half a dozen women led by Snow White and Sleeping Beauty, and she needs reinforcements to fend them off.
LEE HAN SHIH
Mickey McCarthy?
Walt Disney was a life-long anti-Communist. What would he say, now that Disney's cozying up to China?
LEE HAN SHIH
Ocean Park vs Disneyland
Under the sea, under the sea, Darling, it's better, down where it's wetter... (Under the Sea, from Disney's "The Little Mermaid") Hong Kong's most famous theme park seems to indicate that under the sea is better than anything above.
LEE HAN SHIH
Mickey's Wayward Ways
Hong Kong has learnt that marrying into the Disney family is like marrying one of those men mothers have always warned against: a ne'er-do-well philanderer who comes home only to get more money.
LEE HAN SHIH
One Territory, Two Systems
Disneyland may not be above Hong Kong law, but it certainly behaves that way.
LEE HAN SHIH
It's a Small World, After All
Hong Kong Disneyland is by far the tiniest of the dozen or so Disney theme parks around the world. Both Hong Kong and Disney officials have downplayed the size issue, saying extensions are on the way.
LEE HAN SHIH