Chinese newsman wants to ban Starbucks."[Starbucks] is a symbol of low-end U.S. food culture ... an insult in·sult n. A bodily injury, irritation, or trauma. insult Medtalk noun Any stressful stimulus which, under normal circumstances, does not affect the host organism, but which may result in morbidity, when it to Chinese civilization civilization, culture with a relatively high degree of elaboration and technical development. The term civilization also designates that complex of cultural elements that first appeared in human history between 8,000 and 6,000 years ago. ." Pointing specifically at the coffee company's outlet in Beijing 's Forbidden City Forbidden City: see Beijing and Chinese architecture. Forbidden City Imperial Palace complex in Beijing, containing hundreds of buildings and some 9,000 rooms. It served the emperors of China from 1421 to 1911. , Rui Chenggang isn't happy about any of the coffee giant's 200 shops in his country. |
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