Forget Disneyland: North Korea, China and Russia to develop 'borderless' tourism zone along border

At first, we were bummed to hear that Shanghai's forthcoming Disneyland theme park has been delayed and will be opening in 2016.

But now, we couldn't care less: something far more exciting is in the works.

Forget Disneyland. China, North Korea and Russia have just announced plans to establish a "borderless" tourism zone in the Tumen River Delta where the three countries' borders meet.

The proposed site at the lower reaches of the river, near where it flows into the Sea of Japan, will be centered around the city of Hunchun in Jilin Province's Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture. The idea, first proposed last year, has now been approved by all three countries.

The site promised to offer "leisure and entertainment facilities" but no details are available yet as to what these might be. Expect an intoxicating mixture of the best all three great nations have to offer, though: 300,000 hussars dancing to Little Apple, anyone? An animatronic Cerberus with the heads of Mao, Stalin and Kim Il-sung? 

The possibilities are literally endless, provided they solve the problems of defecting Siberian tigers and marauding DPRK border guards on killing sprees. With any hope, it might just be the first step toward recovering the lands of Outer Manchuria lost to Czarist Russia in 1860. You'll rue the day, Count Nicolai Ignatieff!

[Images via China Economic Net]