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Starbucks faces US criticism over new stores in Xinjiang

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A US congressman has criticized Starbucks for opening two new stores in Ürümqi, the capital of China's Xinjiang region. The congressman, John Moolenaar, chairman of the House Select Committee on China, stated that the Chinese Communist Party is committing genocide against Uyghurs in the region, implying Starbucks' presence there makes the company complicit. The columnist Alex Y. Lo questions this stance, drawing a parallel to the US's sale of bombs to Israel and suggesting Moolenaar's outrage over coffee sales is disproportionate. AI

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Starbucks faces US criticism over new stores in Xinjiang

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Alex Lo ·

    Can’t Uygurs drink Starbucks and taste American freedom?

    “Morally bankrupt”? Was Michigan Republican John Moolenaar talking about himself? Last week, the chairman of the House Select Committee on China demanded that Starbucks “immediately reverse course and close its stores”. The coffee chain’s crime? It opened two stores in Urumqi – t…

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