Back in 2005 my sisters and I took a trip to Beijing. It was a very eventful and educational trip but one thing definitely stuck out: the Starbucks in the Forbidden City. Crazy! Not even 100 years ago any non-eunuch male found in the palace meant instant death by strangulation, or something like that. Now it’s just another tourist spot with coffee-diluted culture. Well it looks like Starbucks may be on its way out.

BEIJING (Reuters) – Beijing’s Forbidden City may close down its Starbucks in the face of growing protests that the presence of a U.S. coffee shop in the former imperial palace is an insult to Chinese culture, a newspaper said on Thursday…

Source: Reuters

Me at the Forbidden City’s Starbucks (2005)

Hope you’re all having a good day. This weekend…Vegas! Next weekend…Tahoe! I’m so excited.

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