China’s Wanda prepares for battle with ‘old brand’ Disney

BEIJING (AP) — Mickey Mouse has a new and deep-pocketed challenger: China’s shopping mall king.
The developer that bought Hollywood studio Legendary Entertainment is preparing to fight Disney to lead China’s — and possibly the world’s — theme park industry.
Wanda Group and its billionaire founder, Wang Jianlin, are inaugurating a sprawling entertainment complex Saturday in China’s southeast three weeks before the June 16 opening of Disney’s first m