Dernières nouvelles de Shanghai Disneyland! Apparemment elles sont plutot bonnes , croisons les doigts!
Article (en anglais) du straitstimes.com
http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/Asia/Story/STIStory_424445.html
Disneyland in Shanghai If Cabinet nod is given, theme park could open its doors in four years
By Peh Shing Huei, China Bureau Chief |

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Shanghai is reportedly clearing a 6 sq km area near Pudong International Airport, a site four times the size of the Hong Kong Disneyland. -- PHOTO: HONG KONG DISNEYLAND RESORT
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BEIJING - AFTER two decades of on-off flirtation, Disneyland and
mainland China could finally be tying the knot later this year. Sources
told The Straits Times that the theme park has never been closer to
calling Shanghai home than now, and China's Mickey Mouse fans can look
forward to a 2013 opening.
The deal is believed to have been given the green light in June by
the powerful National Development and Reform Commission, the economic
planning agency of the Chinese government.
Hints of an impending deal grew stronger in July when Shanghai
party boss Yu Zhengsheng said the city's biggest priority this year is
to tie down 'big tourism projects'.
Local media cited officials as saying last week that he was referring specifically to Disneyland.
The Shanghai government and Walt Disney Co have reached an
agreement on the major issues, said Mr Liu Zhengyi, a deputy chief of
the city's Pudong district, where the theme park is slated to be built.
All that is missing now is the approval of the State Council or Cabinet, he added at a press conference.
'Everything is in place except the East Wind,' said Shanghai-based
analyst Zhu Lianqing, who has been tracking the Disney saga. He was
using a famous Chinese saying which means that a move is imminent, but
for one final missing ingredient.
Still, until a formal announcement has been made by the
authorities, no one can be certain that this seemingly never-ending
saga will have a happy ending.
The courtship of Disney started as early as 1990, when former
Chinese premier Zhu Rongji was the party secretary of Shanghai. But
talks crumbled over cultural differences, with the post-Tiananmen
Chinese government fearful of Western influences.
Murmurs of a Shanghai Disneyland spiked earlier this year when
Disney released a statement confirming its plans for a US$3.59 billion
(S$5.2 billion) Shanghai park. It is believed that Disney would take a
43 per cent stake in the Shanghai Disneyland, while a joint-venture
holding company owned by the local government would own the rest.