Shanghai's Disney at last a done deal

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via WikipediaThe Shanghai Daily reports that after years of negotiations the Shanghai Disneyland is a done deal at last. (h/t Shanghiist). You might forgive us for having thought a few times earlier the deal had been already in place.
Main stumbling block has been the pending permission by the central government, and the Shanghai Daily suggests that lose end has not yet been closed:

The official announcement is expected to be made after the Beijing Olympics in August.

An exclusive report published by the Hong Kong-based Wen Wei Po newspaper yesterday said the park will cover about 10 square kilometers of land - about eight times the size of Hong Kong Disneyland.

It will be near Pudong's Chuansha Town, about 20 minutes' drive from Pudong International Airport.

It will take a few years before the site will be ready by 2012, time enough to solve the current visa issue keeping tourists away; unless it would focus mainly at Chinese tourist, of course another viable option.

Update: And the story has been denied again by Disney and Shanghai Municipality. Somebody at the Shanghai Daily has a problem now.