The small outlet, a popular resting spot for visitors to the sprawling Forbidden City in central Beijing, closed yesterday afternoon, the Beijing Morning Post and other newspapers reported.
The Starbucks opened in 2000 at the invitation of palace managers, but critics said it was inappropriate for the site.
Palace managers offered Starbucks the option of continuing to operate as part of a combined coffeehouse with other brands but the Seattle-based company declined, the Post said.
2 kindred spirits ~ This bugs them too!:
AHHHHHHHHHHH!
How fucking inappropriate... OMG, that is soooo irreverant and I hope that anybody who entered endured a plague or something nasty, locusts etc.
I know, what is the expression- you can't stop Progress?? Well in this case, they did. I wonder if the McDonalds next door will get the hint.....
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