CCTV9 reports "Starbucks moves out of the forbidden city"

At 4:45 AM the dog had to heed nature's call and I happened to flip through the channels and catch a CCTV9 talk show about Starbucks moving out of the forbidden city.

They are talking about having a large number of souvenirs available now and debating whether that's a good thing - well, cheap Chinese-made souvenirs won't have far to travel to this tourist spot.... Funny they didn't make that point ;)

CCTV9 is a really interesting propaganda mouthpiece for the Chinese government. At times it's even more "fair and balanced" ;) than Faux News.

Well, they speak good English but I smirk a little bit every time one of the commentators says "cultural anxiety." All those l's and r's in one word can't be so good.