Disneyland Shanghai had been open less than a month when we showed up on a Saturday in July last year. It felt like Disneyland as usual, but Shanghai Disneyland broke from the template in crucial ways. Officials quoted in the newspapers we read explained that the demographic disruptions of the one-child policy meant that the average visitor’s age would be older than it would be at other Disney parks. Moving deeper into the park, we discovered that the wide boulevards were much less crowded than the streets of Shanghai. The dumplings I bought on the street in Shanghai, by contrast, cost 3 yuan (44 cents).

Source: New York Times July 04, 2017 03:56 UTC