A Chinese vendor sells Mickey Mouse bags and other products at the Disney flagship store in Shanghai on November 4, 2009. China has given the green light for Walt Disney Co. to build its long-awaited first theme park on the mainland in Shanghai, after a decade of negotiations, both sides announce the deal, which would be one of the biggest ever foreign investments in China, comes less than two weeks before US President Barack Obama makes his first official visit here, starting November 15 in Shanghai. Getty Images logo Getty Images 1 month ago

A Chinese vendor sells Mickey Mouse bags and other products at the Disney flagship store in Shanghai on November 4, 2009. China has given the green light for Walt Disney Co. to build its long-awaited first theme park on the mainland in Shanghai, after a decade of negotiations, both sides announce the deal, which would be one of the biggest ever foreign investments in China, comes less than two weeks before US President Barack Obama makes his first official visit here, starting November 15 in Shanghai.

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