`` HelloKitty Theme Park in 2014 -

I went gagaagaga when I saw this news on my friend's facebook.

Then I went, "IS THIS FOR REAL??!!"

I couldn't believe in my eyes.

But truthfully, it is!

Someone, please bring me to JAPAN or rather CHINA in 2014. ♥_________♥

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China to build Hello Kitty theme park: Report

The creators of Hello Kitty, Japan's world-famous cartoon icon of cuteness, will build a theme park in China - the first on foreign soil, state media reported on Monday. -- PHOTO: SANRIO

BEIJING - THE creators of Hello Kitty, Japan's world-famous cartoon icon of cuteness, will build a theme park in China - the first on foreign soil, state media reported on Monday.

The Hello Kitty-themed amusement park will be in the city of Anji in east China's Zhejiang province, the Xinhua news agency said, citing an agreement between Sanrio Co and its Chinese partner.

The project, jointly designed by Sanrio and US-based amusement park designer Hettema, will cost US$215 million (S$266 million), with construction expected to start in the second half of this year and completed in 2014, it said.

The complex will cover an area of 60 hectares that includes a theme park, hotel and catering services.

Liao Chunrong, president of Shanghai Insight Holdings, said a subsidiary of the company will take care of investment and management of the project, according to Xinhua.

There are currently two Hello Kitty theme parks in Japan. -- AFP

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