11.01
·Reported
·Importance II
·Sources 1
·China
Recently, a netizen posted that Starbucks is strictly checking surveillance footage to find faults and issue warning notices to employees, questioning whether the company intends to cancel the 13th and 14th-month salaries. Some in the comments section claimed that these warning notices would affect the 13th and 14th-month salaries as well as performance-based pay raises.
10.16
·Verified
·Importance III
·Sources 1
According to a post by the X account ChinaSelect, Adweek magazine is featuring Starbucks as its cover story this month, and the account therefore mocked and updated the magazine's cover to protest Starbucks' decision to open stores in Xinjiang, where the Chinese Communist Party is carrying out genocide against the Uyghurs.
10.09
·Verified
·Importance III
·Sources 1
U.S. Representative Moolenaar publicly criticized Starbucks on the NewsMax program, accusing the company of boasting about so-called "social responsibility" while opening stores in Xinjiang, where the Chinese Communist Party carries out genocide against the Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities, thereby helping the CCP normalize its atrocities against minorities.
10.01
·Verified
·Importance III
·Sources 1
·Washington, United States
Chairman Moolenaar of the U.S. House Select Committee on the CCP condemned Starbucks for opening stores in Xinjiang and called for the immediate closure of its branches there.
10.01
·Reported
·Importance III
·Sources 1
·United States
On October 1, John Moolenaar, chairman of the U.S. House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, issued a statement criticizing Starbucks' decision to open a store in Urumqi as morally bankrupt, demanding that it close the store immediately and saying that every cup of coffee sold links the brand to the CCP's persecution of the Uyghurs.
09.29
·Verified
·Importance III
·Sources 1
·Xinjiang
Starbucks opened two branches in Xinjiang on September 29, located at Tianshan International Airport and the International Grand Bazaar flagship store respectively, and was subsequently publicly criticized by members of the US Congress.
09.29
·Reported
·Importance III
·Sources 1
·Urumqi
On September 29, two Starbucks stores opened at the Urumqi International Grand Bazaar and Tianshan International Airport, and were listed by local official media as key investment-attraction projects for 2026; the company said it will step up its store openings in Xinjiang.
09.29
·Reported
·Importance III
·Sources 1
·Urumqi
On September 29, according to Chinese official media reports, Starbucks simultaneously opened two specialty stores in Urumqi, drawing criticism from U.S. lawmakers.
09.29
·Reported
·Importance III
·Sources 1
·United States
John Moolenaar, chairman of the U.S. House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, criticized Starbucks' opening of a store in Ürümqi as a morally bankrupt decision, calling for its immediate closure and saying that every cup of coffee ties American brands to the CCP's oppression of the Uyghurs.
09.22
·Reported
·Importance II
·Sources 1
·China
Starbucks China stores require employees to hand-draw smiles on every cup of coffee. Those who miss drawing them will receive a secondary warning, and accumulating two warnings will result in the loss of their 13th and 14th-month bonuses or even termination.
09.11
·Reported
·Importance II
·Sources 1
·China
On September 10, a video revealed that brands like Starbucks have 8 to 9 days off per month, while others like Bawang Chaji have only 4 days. Netizens left comments confirming this and calling for the implementation of two-day weekends.
2026.04
·Reported
·Importance III
·Sources 1
·China
In April 2026, Starbucks completed a transaction with Boyu Capital, with 60% of the equity in its China retail business held by funds managed by Boyu, while Starbucks retains 40%. According to Reuters, Boyu's co-founders include a grandson of Jiang Zemin.
03.28
·Reported
·Importance II
·Sources 1
·China
On March 28, a Starbucks employee in Shaanxi revealed that the company was docking 13th- and 14th-month salaries under the guise of performance to force employees to resign; if they refused to leave, the company would review surveillance footage to find faults, and district managers would come to the store to negotiate dismissals. The employee subsequently deleted the exposé post.