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by Jessica Beaton, Shanghai Editor
1 October, 2009



   
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Report: Dwarf theme park in Kunming

A small mountain commune in China sets up its own tourist attraction, according to a UK report
 
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The Sun reported the community was completely self-sufficient, including having its own police force and fire brigade.

We saw this today in, of all places, The Sun newspaper, under the banner "Bullied dwarves start theme park."

The short report was about a community of dwarves in a village in China's Kunming province who had opened up a theme park -- which included, "building mushroom houses and living and dressing like fairy tale characters."

Fu Tien, a spokesman for the community was quoted in The Sun: “As small people we are used to being pushed around and exploited by big people. But here there aren’t any big people and everything we do is for us.”

The 120-strong mountain commune came together in response to discimination and had banned people taller than 4'3" from entering its village, the report said.

We hunted around but couldn't find any other reports or details on the village or the theme park in southwestern China. So we can't confirm the report is accurate.

So, we put the call out, do you know more about this village and whether it is a tourist attraction?




   
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