In 2009, an amusement park opened with a very strange theme: little people. While human rights groups have called it exploitative, performers say it makes their lives in China better.

Beggar pulls knife on dwarf as street dispute turns nasty A furious fight between two street beggars in Jinan, capital of Shandong province, ... a big city in the southwest of China.

Found in 2009, this “Kingdom of the Little People” lies near the city of Kunming, and is known as Dwarf Empire — a controversial theme park created by a Chinese entrepreneur named Chen Mingjing.

Beijing has Shijingshan, known as “Fake Disney,” Shenzhen has a park with replica landmarks and Yunnan province has Dwarf Empire, an attraction based on little people. With already 300 theme ...

Mr Xi wants the new city to have a “beautiful environment”, with high-tech industries and efficient transport. By the end of its first phase (time unspecified), it will cover 100 square ...