Video blogger Lu Ke releases positive promotional video for the opening of a Starbucks in Xinjiang

Date2026.09.29

LocationUrumqi

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Foreign video blogger Lu Ke, who has collaborated with Chinese propaganda departments multiple times, released a video in the UK about the opening of a Starbucks in Xinjiang, praising the store's ethnic characteristics and conducting positive propaganda.

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2026-10-05 10:04 · 9月29日，星巴克在乌鲁木齐开设两家特色门店，美国众议院中国特委会主席穆勒纳尔斥其为道德破产的决定，中国外交部回应称新疆种族灭绝是谎言，受官方影响的视频博主鹿可英国等外国人则对门店进行正面宣传。

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Original event Starbucks Opens Two Specialty Stores Simultaneously in Urumqi

09.29 ·Reported ·Importance III ·Urumqi

This event Video blogger Lu Ke releases positive promotional video for the opening of a Starbucks in Xinjiang 2026.09.29 · Reported

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Triggered U.S. House Select Committee on the CCP Criticizes Starbucks for Opening Stores in Xinjiang

10.01 ·Verified ·Importance III ·Washington, United States

Triggered Moolenaar Criticizes Starbucks Opening in Xinjiang as a Morally Bankrupt Decision

09.29 ·Reported ·Importance III ·United States

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Sayings · 2026-10-05 10:01 On September 29, Starbucks opened two specialty stores in Xinjiang. US House China Committee Chairman Moolenaar condemned this as a morally bankrupt decision. China's Foreign Ministry responded that the Xinjiang genocide is a lie, while state-influenced vloggers like British vlogger Luke and other foreigners positively promoted the stores.

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