tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660082933334136859.post2830309427018619331..comments2023-07-10T15:33:38.351+08:00Comments on 鳴放: 故宮‧星巴克Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660082933334136859.post-5358037200330716882007-03-11T18:08:00.000+08:002007-03-11T18:08:00.000+08:00最焦新聞/2007.03.11中國人大代表提案 要求星巴克立即撤出故宮 中央社 在北京出席中國十屆人...最焦新聞/2007.03.11<BR/>中國人大代表提案 要求星巴克立即撤出故宮 <BR/>中央社 <BR/><BR/><BR/>在北京出席中國十屆人大五次會議的黑龍江代表姜鴻斌表示,他已經提出「關於星巴克立即搬離故宮」的議案。<BR/> <BR/>北京「新京報」報導,姜鴻斌表示,「星巴克入駐故宮」一事雖然遭到中國社會各界的譴責,但北京故宮只摘下了星巴克在店外的標誌,故宮方面說,將與星巴克交涉,商討如何妥善解決,爭取今年上半年有結果。 <BR/><BR/>對此,姜鴻斌指出「星巴克在故宮停留一天,就是對中國傳統文化的挑戰,傷害民族品格和民族尊嚴」,「媒體報導說,星巴克的租金算做經營性收入,可我們不能利用老祖宗留下的財富為自己謀利」,「星巴克必須立即從故宮搬出去,這一抹殺民族文化的事件必須立即停止。」 <BR/><BR/>姜鴻斌還表示,即使是在市場經濟大潮下,有些東西也是不能用貨幣兌換的,北京故宮就是這樣無法用金錢衡量、兌換的「產品」。Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4660082933334136859.post-39911067166344056212007-01-20T20:01:00.000+08:002007-01-20T20:01:00.000+08:00China Forbidden City may close Starbucks
Resident...China Forbidden City may close Starbucks<br /><br />Residents have expressed the placement of the U.S. coffee chain as an insult to Chinese culture, newspaper reports.<br /><br />January 18 2007: 6:59 AM EST<br /><br /><br />BEIJING (Reuters) -- Beijing's Forbidden City may close down its Starbucks in the face of growing protests that the presence of a U.S. coffee shop in the former imperial palace is an insult to Chinese culture, a newspaper said Thursday.<br /><br />An online campaign initiated by a television host to drive Starbucks Corp. (Charts) out of the Forbidden City had won the backing of more than half a million Internet users, the official China Daily reported Thursday.<br /><br />Rui Chenggang, an anchorman on state television channel CCTV9, wrote in his blog that Starbucks' presence at the Forbidden City was "not globalizing, but trampling, Chinese culture," the paper said.<br /><br />"The museum is working with Starbucks to find a solution by this June in response to the protests," Xinhua news agency quoted museum spokesman Feng Nai'en as saying. "Whether or not Starbucks remains depends on the entire design plan that will be released in the first half of the year."<br /><br />Feng said that as part of a facelift, shops in the Forbidden City were being "reassigned" and that one-third had already been removed.<br /><br />The rectangular Forbidden City, formally known as the Palace Museum, covers 183 acres surrounded by a moat to the north of Tiananmen Square and has a fabled 9,999 rooms. It was listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site in 1987.<br /><br />The Starbucks outlet opened in 2000 amid a media backlash so severe that the museum authorities considered revoking its lease after a couple of months.<br /><br />Starbucks Vice President for Greater China Eden Woon was quoted by the Beijing News as saying the company had no plan to leave the site.<br /><br />"Starbucks appreciates the deep history and culture of the Forbidden City and has operated in a respectful manner that fits within the environment," he told Reuters.<br /><br />"We have provided a welcome place of rest for thousands of tourists, both Chinese and foreign, for more than six years. We are honored to have the opportunity, under an agreement with the Forbidden City, to enhance visitors' museum experience."<br /><br />In 2002, public protests led to a Yum Brands' (Charts) Kentucky Fried Chicken outlet being booted out of Beihai Park, a former royal garden neighboring the Forbidden City.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com