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

A House committee said the CCP is using the company as propaganda to obscure abuses against Uyghurs and other minorities in the region.

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

TL;DR

  • 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.