Starbucks beats retreat from the Forbidden City

A controversial Starbucks in the heart of China's Unesco World Heritage-listed Forbidden City has served its last caramel macchiato after heated protests since it opened in 2000 forced it to close. The US coffee chain had been accused of "ruining the solemnity" of the old imperial palace and trampling on Chinese culture by a national TV celebrity, Rui Chenggang, who was backed by a petition that gathered half a million signatures. Starbucks rejected the option of renaming the store and selling local produce alongside its own coffee.

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