Forbidden City forbids Starbucks

We didn't know it was actually possible to turn Starbucks away - we thought they worked a bit like Earthquakes. But China's Forbidden City have told them to get slung. Starbucks are suggesting they don't mind a bit:

Seattle-based Starbucks said the decision was "very congenial" and it respected the site's motives.

Starbucks's vice-president for Greater China Eden Woon said: "There were several choices, one of which was to continue, but it would not carry the Starbucks name any more.

"We decided at the end that it is not our custom worldwide to have stores that have any other name, so therefore we decided the choice would be to leave."