This 2 faced situation is so common; why does it still happen?
Say one thing, turn around and do the opposite......

Officials think everyone else is stupid?
Disorganized society?

Last week, Dalian Wanda chairman Wang Jianlin, directly called out Disney as an "old brand"."Chinese culture led in the world's for 2,000 years, but since the last 300 years, because of our lagging development and the invasion of foreign cultures, we have more or less lacked confidence in our own culture. We want to be a model for Chinese private enterprise, and we want to establish a global brand for Chinese firms," the 61-year-old said.

It came as something of a surprise, then, when reports emerged that well-known Disney characters, such as Snow White and Captain America, had been spotted posing with visitors for photos at Wanda City on the development's opening weekend.

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Don't forget that he also said his resorts will crush Shanghai Disney becuase Wanda is more innovative.

Imperial Storm Troopers (now Disney) were also posing for photos. I also here that Mickey Mouse, et al, T shirts were also flying out of gift shops. Yes, typical.
Why? because the vendors have more confidence is selling Disney products.

coz when you go to disney you know what will be in a mouse burger. and when you come to wanda you know what will be in your mouse burger

So...Dalian Wanda chairman Wang Jianlin is reinforcing his own statement by saying "we have more or less lacked confidence in our own culture"

I wanda where his self pride went?

He counts his self pride by the billions every night. He sleeps well I think.

It's also funny how the panda. a symbol of China was made into a successful movie(s) by Disney. They couldn't even market the panda. It took Disney. All they can do is copy. They see. They copy.

@Liumingke1234. Minor correction. DreamWorks not Disney.

@AlexKMG
Right. Kung fu Panda. They(the powers that be) were pissed off they didn't think of it.