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Hong Kong Coffee Cup Protests: Starbucks Just Got Controversial in China

Chinese social media users are venting their anger against Starbucks after the company’s Hong Kong store started giving out coffee in cups with pro-democracy slogans. Starbucks controversy The controversy started with a Chinese Weibo user who visited a Starbucks barista in the Tsim Sha Tsui region of Hong Kong. When the user received the coffee ...

Max Lu

A Starbucks cup.

How Luckin Coffee Is Beating Starbucks in China

In China, Starbucks has been the leading coffee chain for several years. But a 2-year-old local company, Luckin Coffee, is now challenging Starbucks and is growing at an unprecedented rate. Conquering the Chinese market Established in October 2017, Luckin Coffee currently operates about 2,370 stores across the country and is the number two coffee chain ...

Nspirement Staff

A Luckin Coffee store.

Tim Hortons Eyes China to Boost Its Business

Canada’s most famous coffee chain Tim Hortons has announced plans to expand its operations into China in a bid to boost its revenues.  The company plans to open about 1,500 outlets in China over the next 10 years. Tim Hortons entering a new market The plans to open cafés in China is Tim Hortons’ biggest ...

Nspirement Staff

Observing Chinese Starbucks Patrons Reveals What Their Ancestors Farmed

Starbucks patrons reflect the findings in a new study analyzing behavior patterns of people across China suggests that the traditional interdependent rice-farming culture of southern China has resulted in today’s residents — even city dwellers far removed from farming — being more interdependent and less controlling over their environment compared to their countrymen who hail from ...

Troy Oakes