I’m glad I saw it before it closed

14Jul07

Christine sent me this article that observes the Starbucks in Forbidden city is now closed to the many visitors of the Palace Museum.

Not really sure how I feel about that, or if I even have the right to have an opinion since I’m not a citizen of the Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó (PRC). Considering there are a plethora of other consumer establishments in the palace, I don’t see why having one Western icon is so horrible. Even if it is a chain.

Wow, apparently my opinion of Starbucks has really changed dramatically in the last couple years. Their CSR shamanism seems to be playing tricks on my psyche.

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