"Starbucks must move out of the imperial palace immediately, and it can no longer be allowed to taint China's national culture, " said Jiang Hongbin, a National People's Congress representative. He's submitted a motion on closing the Starbucks outlet in the 587-year-old royal residence also known as the Palace Museum. (China Daily)
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I have to agree with the Chinese on this, Starbucks shouldn't have gone in there in the first place. They should have put their store outside. It's a historic place, no shops or stores should be allowed. What next? A mini Walmart? A McDonalds?
Posted by: Kat | March 13, 2007 at 06:44 AM
Actually, the Chinese are hypocrites, IMO. They've been whoring their historical culture out, if not outright dismissing it, since Maoist times. For them to all of a sudden have a problem with a Starbucks is laughable.
Posted by: Tall Drip | March 13, 2007 at 07:08 AM
i agree. how low of starbucks to try and taint the 'culture' that gave us such modern amenities as portable execution buses and open-pit toilets.
Posted by: chris | March 13, 2007 at 04:59 PM
They may be hypocrits and I'm not disagreeing with that, but I still think something like Starbucks shouldn't be in the Forbidden City. They may not respect their own culture, but doesn't mean we can't.
Posted by: Kat | March 13, 2007 at 09:59 PM
Why did they approve a *$ to be there in the first place?
Posted by: old school barista | March 14, 2007 at 01:09 AM
This isn't uncommon, actually. There is a Starbucks inside of the Lourve Museum in Paris, which is the home of the Mona Lisa among others. For the record, there was a line out the door when I visited.
Posted by: Realist | March 14, 2007 at 08:50 AM