Heh heh. You said "taint".

JB-NoHo: Heh heh. You said "taint".

I came in here to post that exact phrase. Word for word.

JB-NoHo: Heh heh. You said "taint".

*shakes tiny fist in rage*

Better than trying to culture China's national taint.

Lord of Allusions: Better than trying to culture China's national taint.

If it involves lipstick, there was a cat thread that gave directions.

Somebody didn't get bribed.

Yeah, right, that wonderful regime that has capital punishment for tax evasion, and has cowed Google and Yahoo into doing their censorship for them.

The Red Chinese govt are useless sack's o' shiat.

Yet, they get the Olympics and the US gov't is cozing up to them.

I's take the "Starbucks brand of evil" over the Red Chinese control-freaks anytime.

In Socialist China, taint loves you!



Also, funny how they don't think mobile execution busses are bad for their culture but starbucks is.

I mean, I know starbucks is, it's just that I wonder if they realize that they have mobile execution busses.

/In Socialist China, bus executes you!

How come xenophobia gets the hero tag? Are they getting rid of just non Chinese businesses or all businesses?

Shut up, Beavis.

You know, the Chinese have the same right to complain about Starbucks being in the Forbidden City as the French would about a Starbucks in Versailles, the English would about a Starbucks in Windsor Palace, or Americans would about a Starbucks in the White House.

It just isn't quite the place to sell overpriced coffee.

Starbucks coffee tastes like a fat greasy taint, Not that I tasted a fat greasy taint, other than my own.

Sniff the glove biatch!

Kick out Starbucks from Everywhere!

Concerned.

I'll take one forbidden city double ristretto venti nonfat organic chocolate brownie frappuccino extra hot with foam and whipped cream upside down double blended... to go.

I'm here for the taint jokes.

Rozinanta Shut up, Beavis
/you owe me a new keyboard.
//the coffe is HOT this morning

"As long as it stays in the imperial palace, it poses a challenge to our traditional culture"

First McDonald's, then .... ... coffee!

Oh noes!

Why exactly is Starbuck's evil?

Hero? wtf.

jake_lex or Americans would about a Starbucks in the White House.
Golden Dragon Take-Outs would be more appropriate.

HA! Taint China's National culture. You guys run sweat shops making knock off Nikes to supply dollar stores all over the South East of America.

Way to corral your high horse that got away from you somewhere around when that wall thing became obsolete.

since when do the Commies care about chinas imperial past?

I bought coffee at that Starbucks a couple of years ago. It did seem really out of place.

The Forbidden City is really interesting but is usually too jam-packed with people.

"Tastes like jet fuel and arse, but it 'tain't!"

HA!

Starry Wisdom Coffee, for that real dark blend.

The Chinese own a casino in Vegas? WTF if I owned a casino I don't think I would allow a Starbucks either.

Perhaps China will feel more comfortable with Wal-Mart in the imperial palace. It's more in-line with their natural culture of human rights abuses.

/feeling snarky

Looks like the Chinese dont want dickhead emo douchebags serving up attitude with their overpriced coffee either.

Starbucks employees are the most stuck up people in the world. Dunkin Donuts rules.

Day_Old_Dutchie

Yeah, right, that wonderful regime that has capital punishment for tax evasion, and has cowed Google and Yahoo into doing their censorship for them.

The Red Chinese govt are useless sack's o' shiat.

Yet, they get the Olympics and the US gov't is cozing up to them.

I's take the "Starbucks brand of evil" over the Red Chinese control-freaks anytime.

You forgot how they handle donations for organ transplants. They execute prisoners so they can harvest their organs.

The Chinese government is a wonderful bunch of people. So say the Wal Mart and Starbucks hating socialists.

For every non-Starbucks coffee-based beverage you don't drink, I'm going to drink 4!

If you don't like that, you can find me doing some yoga to work off the sushi I just had

> Choosing to be stupid used to be counter-culture. Now look at you too hip to be cool pre-emptive sheep

Haven't you all heard? Starbuck is dead.

davel23,

Dude, Starbuck shall arise like the phoenix. It's in the prophecy. And she's the special cylon yet to appear

KIA

Nice to know the Chinese culture is so robust that it is threatened by a coffee shop. Typical Starbuck's-bashing hysterical-types.

I think I'll go have a latte in their honor.

"The Chinese government is a wonderful bunch of people. So say the Wal Mart and Starbucks hating socialists."

Oh, so it's the Young Republicans throwing all those "Free Tibet!" rallies?

"As long as it stays in the imperial palace, it poses a challenge to our traditional culture"

ie, it's an import, we only export things here.

Remember kids... abuse of human rights is BAD unless it sells you really cheap televisions.

Wait, so now they're traditionalists? I think Red China is slowly turning into Magenta China.

Sheep you say, Ojo?

Maybe the Son of Heaven likes his double-espresso lattes?

Wait, the Chinese don't have an Emperor anymore.

What was it again that they were defending?

ever1261

Dude, she's totally one of the 5, there's no way she's not.

Don't worry, coffe lovers. The Starbucks will quickly be replaced with a Chinese knockoff owned by a cousin of the complaining politician, Starboks or something.

This taint the Imperial Palace you're looking for

I'll make a deal with the Chinese. We will keep Starbucks out ofyour country if your stupid tourists stop bringing fermented dog farts and freeze dried squid testicles as snacks into our country.


/And try taking a bath sometime!

Boxer Revolution, Part deux.

Non Binding? Meet once a year? Rubber stamp?

Ok. Sure thing. Cya next year.

NPC delegates may suggest motions ...

No wonder China's so big, it's filled with NPCs.

Garanimal wins the thread. i laughed so hard i cried!

/works at wal-mart
//we are teh borg...resistence is futile

"In response to the online boycott, the Palace Museum management had promised to seek a solution with Starbucks by the end of June, Xinhua said. The rent paid by Starbucks is used for maintenance of the palace, it added, citing museum managers."

So lemme get this right... The store's been there for 7 years and nobody had any sort of qualms prior to a TV show host's attempt to start an online campaign to evict them, and now this one sole parliament member is jumping on the bandwagon 2 months later.

However according to the quoted text above, the people in charge of the dang place don't really WANT them to leave as the rent being paid by Starbucks is used for restoration and maintenance of said palace. This would lead me to believe that there's a likelihood that the government isn't giving enough $$$ to the PM guys to keep the old palace maintained.

ZippyChippy

Nice to know the Chinese culture is so robust that it is threatened by a coffee shop.

Yeah, an inappropriately placed store could never threaten the cultural value of a location. Let's throw a McDonald's into the middle of the Smithsonian, put up a Starbucks at Arlington Cemetery, maybe an Old Navy at Gettysburg next to Little Round Top, and have another Starbucks side-by-side with the Lincoln Memorial.