Themeparks are big business. Something you don’t have to tell Disney or Allen Zeman. To some it’s however not all about money. Take Leung Moon-lam for example, one of the two founders of listed corporation China South City Holdings and a devout Christian since 1996. Leung plans to build a Bible themepark where Bible stories and Western culture will be introduced to infidels mainlanders. In an interview in yesterday’s SCMP the man was asked several questions, regarding for example the origins of this great idea and whether it’s done for business or for God (the answer to the latter being both).

With regard to the origins of the venture, the interview reveals that Leung once made a promise to Chinese mainland officials to invest in northeastern China. When reminded about that promise somewhere in 2007, Leung consulted his church’s senior pastor. It turned out this man had a great suggestion: why not propose a Bible themepark, as such a crazy idea would get shot down by those atheist commies anyway -> gone the obligation to invest!

Luckily for us, the Lord stepped in and made sure the Chinese would not turn down a 4.5 billion yuan sack of money His work could be carried out anyway. And so mainland kids can soon enjoy great attractions such as Revenge of the Fig Tree and The Twilight Zone Tower of Talking Donkeys at the Harmony World Park in Tieling, Liaoning province. However, as this city is not too far from the border with North Korea, let’s all pray Kim Jong-il doesn’t decide to test one of his missiles on the park upon completion. Cause that would be a shame.