Hong Kong Disneyland unveiled new outfits for Mickey and Minnie to celebrate the upcoming Chinese New Year. They were created by designer Vivienne Tam.
While they look nice, I find it a bit ironic that Mickey is wearing a "Mao Suit", inspired by the uniform worn by the late Mao Zedong, who during his lifetime, upheld strongly the communist principle. Considering that you can't get any closer to capitalism than the Walt Disney Company, this makes for a rather strange combination.
On a related note, it appears that The Walt Disney Company might increase its stake in Hong Kong Disneyland. The only significance that I can get out of this is that they will put in more of their own money into the park, rather than ask for more money from the Hong Kong Government-owned entity that is their partner in this endeavor. Whatever it is, it certainly appears from all report that Hong Kong Disneyland needs a fast infusion of attractions. So they'd better not think about opening any more theme parks in China (or anywhere else) before they solve this.
Zz.
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