China conjures magical future better than Vegas..
By Calum MacLeod, USA TODAY
CHANGPING, China — And for its next trick, China’s ruling Communist Party plans to save the magic industry worldwide and silence dissent among magicians everywhere.
A massive venue will arise next year near Beijing for magic shows starting in 2018 that officials say will be better than Vegas, while pirated products, the scourge of America’s magic men, will simply disappear.
Traditional magic may be losing fans in the West, but China thirsts for spectacle and sleight of hand. Conjuring snow blizzards on stage and teaching wannabe wizards how to blow dollar bills in the air, U.S. magicians joined dozens from around the world at the second Beijing International Magic Carnival last month.
There officials announced a global magic alliance and the transformation of little-known Changping district into “Magic City.”..