The Inhumanity Of It All
China Forbidden City may close StarbucksResidents have expressed the placement of the U.S. coffee chain as an insult to Chinese culture, newspaper reports. CNN (link)
Starbucks in the Forbidden City was always an enigma to me. In the United States we really don't have anything like the Forbidden City so it would be difficult to equate but it would be allot like a Burger King in the Old North Church. It is not surprising to me that people would have a problem with it.
And no, we didn't partake in a Grande Forbidden City Latte' when we were there. I was tempted with a frappachino (since it was 110 degrees with 112% humidity outside) but the frap' has ice and ice=un-boiled water (frozen)=Ming's revenge
Labels: China
posted by P Keener @ 1:06 PM
2 Comments:
At 10:58 PM,
Brad said…
PK
Ming's revenge. What a gut wrenching saga.
Could you order an americano? Maybe that would be even more offensive.
bg
At 10:24 AM,
Leah Kadwell said…
please send the franchisee to India... I would be happy to frequent their first-ever entry into this beloved sub-continent!
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