Briefs
n After being open for seven years, a 200sq ft Starbucks coffee shop in Beijing’s Forbidden City has been forced to close, following an internet petition, signed by 500,000 people. It was claimed that the outlet was not in keeping with the culture of the old Imperial Palace.
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