Wanda Seeks to Overrun Disney in Theme Park Battle in China
- Company opens new Wanda City in historic eastern China town
- Famous Jin Dynasty victory re-enacted at opening celebration
The newly opened theme park 'Hefei Wanda Culture Tourism City' in Hefei, east China's Anhui province.
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In the year of 383 in the Jin Dynasty, 80,000 soldiers in the town of Feishui successfully warded off attackers who outnumbered them ten-fold. It has been lauded as one of the most famed underdog victories in Chinese history.
Billionaire Wang Jianlin is betting on strength in numbers prevailing as he battles modern-day invader Walt Disney Co. to become China’s biggest theme-park operator.