Forbidden City Starbucks Causes Stir In China

Forbidden City Starbucks Causes Stir In China

"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, who represents the north-eastern province of Heilongjiang at the National People's Congress (NPC), a rubber-stamp legislature that meets once a year.

"As long as it stays in the imperial palace, it poses a challenge to our traditional culture," said Jiang, who is president of Heilongjiang Chia Tai Co., a unit of Thai agricultural conglomerate CP Group.

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