It will be interesting to see what happens when the high-speed Beijing-Shanghai leg of the high-speed network is completed, perhaps as early as next year.

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"Now is the time when the Time Warners and Disneys of China are going to be founded, " says William Brent, head of a Shanghai media consulting company, China Entertainment Network.

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It has 2, 000 employees and over 75, 000 Stock Keeping Units (SKUs) with its logistics network bases located in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou.

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In the 15 years Dodington has lived in Shanghai, the city's subway system went from nonexistent to the world's longest network with 420 kilometers (260 miles) of tracks.

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AEG, in partnership with Ryan Seacrest, soon plans to launch a new music-and-lifestyle-themed TV network that will bring viewers into the likes of L.A. Live, Shanghai's new Mercedes-Benz Arena and the O2.

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