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Sipping Starbucks, From Bloomington, Indiana to Shanghai, China

by Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom | 01.30.08 | 11:00 AM ET

Starbucks, Shanghai, China Photo by Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom

Westerners often assume that a Starbucks is a Starbucks is a Starbucks, but are they right? Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom recalls the big green coffee machine's arrival in two very different cities.

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Tags: Coffee, Global Village, Globalization, Starbucks, Asia, China, Shanghai, North America, United States, Indiana

Starbucks vs. the Traveler

by Jim Benning | 01.28.08 | 12:17 PM ET

Starbucks vs. the Traveler Starbucks Italy by miss karen via Flickr, (Creative Commons).

Starbucks has 15,000 locations worldwide. Six new shops open every day. Are local cultures doomed? Jim Benning ventures to Tijuana, where Starbucks recently arrived, to find out.

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Tags: Coffee, Global Village, Globalization, Starbucks

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