A small altercation at a Starbucks coffee shop in China has turned into a flashpoint for Chinese state-run media to bash the American enterprise.
According to a series of screenshots posted on Chinese social media Sina Weibo in the morning of Feb. 14, an employee at a Starbucks shop in the city of Chongqing asked four policemen, who were eating next to the entrance, to leave because “it affected the brand image.” The policemen allegedly objected, and called Starbucks “condescending.”
