The quick version...
Splendid China - Florida
This is the very quick version of the background of Splendid China Park in Kissimmee Florida. I'm sure it'll take forever for me to get to a real update, so I figured I'd better throw something on here in the mean time. I'm still gathering info on the park, so some of this may not be accurate and all of it will be vague.
Florda Splendid China was a minitures park opened in the late 1990's that operated in to the early 2000s. It was technically opened by a tourist company from China, although it seems that the company was likely owned by the Chinese government. Splendid China was often the target of accusations of propeganda by the Chinese government and withstood many a protest because of it.
The park pulled around 500-700 visitors per day. Over time live shows were added in an attempt to pull more visitors, but eventually it became clear that culture didn't sell well in Orlando. The park closed in 2003 citing attendance. It was said that the park was in poor condition in the months leading up to the closing.
In early 2004 most of the parks valuable contents were auctioned off in an extremely large auction. The rest of the park continues to sit as of this writing. The park is fenced off, although I was able to walk directly in to the grounds without hopping a fence, crossing a sign, etc. That being said, if you move to the next section, you'll see that I wasn't the only person in there...
More to follow one of these days.