“I’m too old for this, but young generations will certainly like it,” said 57-year-old Peng as an empty roller coaster car passed nearby on another test run ahead of the opening of China’s latest theme park.
A few years earlier, Peng had been relocated to a nearby neighbourhood as compensation after his farmhouse was demolished to make way for the construction of Universal Studios Beijing – the fifth resort of its kind after Hollywood, Orlando, Japan and Singapore.
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