Starbucks breaches Great Wall of China

By Mark Tran / Business/ World news

Starbucks' long march into China has breached the Great Wall itself. Tourists will be able to drink cappuccino, frappuccino and other coffee concoctions at one of China's greatest cultural treasures after the Seattle-based company announced it had opened a shop at Badaling, 47 miles north of Beijing.

Today's news comes five years after Starbucks penetrated the Forbidden City in Beijing, a move resented at the time by some Chinese who objected to the intrusion of such an instantly recognisable symbol of American consumerism inside the centuries-old palace complex and a national monument.

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