Can’t Uygurs drink Starbucks and taste American freedom?
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All 1 reports on Tue, 6 October 2026
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John MoolenaarHouse Select Committee on ChinaStarbucksUrumqiXinjiang Uygur autonomous regionGrand Bazaar
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How it spread - 1 original report
Tue, 6 October 2026
1 report- South China Morning Post21:30first to report
“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 – the capital of Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region – in the city centre’s Grand Bazaar and its international airport. The way Moolenaar talked about it, you would think Starbucks was committing genocide and crimes against...