The Forbidden City, formally known as the Palace Museum, covers 74 hectares (183 acres) surrounded by a moat to the north of Tiananmen Square and has a fabled 9,999 rooms. It was listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site in 1987. But the ridiculous thing is, A Starbucks coffee shop located in Forbidden City.
The Starbucks coffee shop operated in Beijing's Forbidden City since the year 2000, most people know this news from a Chinese television anchor's blog from earlier this year. It led to a campaign for the closure of the coffee shop, but until last Friday it remained open.
I still remember how angry I was when I saw this picture for the first time. In my opinion this is a shame to Chinese culture and people. Starbucks shouldn't be here, why bring something so Western to an ancient place like this?
The Forbidden City is large, It is easy for tourists to feel tired, so they want to have a rest or drink something. I still think it's not suitable for Starbucks to operate in the Forbidden City, although the quality of Starbucks's coffee is really good.
The Forbidden City is a symbol of the Chinese nation, Starbucks operated cafes inside The Forbidden City was trampling on Chinese culture . So it is not relentless for our Chinese to command them to move out of The Forbidden City, I think no one wants to see Starbuck Coffee become a part of the memory of The Forbidden City.
All of these decisions were amicable and not aimed at Starbucks, and our own shop will operate in The Forbidden City .
I miss my puppy.