BEIJING: A China state television investigative report accusing Starbucks of overcharging local customers for coffee triggered enormous disquiet among journalists at the network and even some soul-searching after it aired.
The October segment - the brainchild of a network executive who noticed Starbucks coffee cost more inChina than in Britain - was mocked by Chinese Internet users and criticized by economic experts.
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