From the China Daily,via ww4report.com:
An online campaign initiated by a television host to drive Starbucks out of the Forbidden City has won the backing of more than half a million netizens, who see the presence of the coffee chain in the heart of Beijing as an insult to Chinese culture.
Ever since Starbucks set up the outlet in 2000, it has courted controversy; and the new debate was triggered by Rui Chenggang, anchorman on the English channel of CCTV.
He wrote in his popular blog that “it is not globalizing, but trampling Chinese culture” to have a Starbucks in the Forbidden City, a symbol of Chinese civilization. [Full Text]
(Photo of Rui Chenggang and Starbucks in the Forbidden City)
