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It is the first time a private company has run the ice festival.<\/p>\n<p>Snow White has replaced snow dragons. Children wander through the frozen hallways of Aladdin\u2019s Castle instead of a Qing dynasty palace. \u201cIt\u2019s a Small World\u201d plays in one corner of the park. (What better theme music for globalization?)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Disney characters have replaced Qing dynasty monuments at Harbin&#8217;s annual ice lantern festival. From The New York Times: What is perhaps the world\u2019s most famous ice festival has become another of the world\u2019s Disney theme parks, with a Disney licensing company taking over operations from the local Communist government. 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