As the $5.5-billion Shanghai Disneyland opens on Thursday, The Walt Disney Co has a challenge. The hold of rival Asian characters such as China's homegrown Boonie Bears or Big Big Wolf means ...

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The original design of Mickey Mouse from the 1928 animated short Steamboat Willie officially entered the public domain on January 1, triggering a flood of parodies and memes. Not to mention, a handful ...

A local tourist poses for a photo with figures from animation movie Toy Story at Shanghai Disneyland. [Photo by Gao Erqiang/China Daily] As the $5.5-billion Shanghai Disneyland opens on Thursday, The ...