Starbucks Opens Its First 2 Stores in Xinjiang, Drawing Congressional Criticism

Starbucks has opened its first two stores in China’s Xinjiang region. The chairman of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party criticized these openings and called for the company to close the stores. The committee alleges the Chinese Communist Party is using the company as propaganda to mask abuses against Uyghurs and other minorities in the region.

• Starbucks has opened two new stores in Urumqi, Xinjiang.
• Rep. John Moolenaar, chairman of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, called for the stores to be closed.
• The committee stated the stores opened in a region where the Chinese Communist Party allegedly commits abuses against Uyghurs and other minorities.
• The committee believes the company is being used as propaganda by the Chinese Communist Party.