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Chinese Starbucks Forced to Close After Protests

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Watch this video about Starbucks in China on HowStuffWorks. The opening of a Starbucks in the Forbidden City has sparked controversy. See how Starbucks gets accused of being culturally insensitive in this news video from Reuters.

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Watch this Reuters video to learn why Starbucks shut down all of its stores around the world. Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz thought the company needed a refresher course in coffee-making, especially with competition from Dunkin Donuts and McDonald's.

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China is officially an atheist country, but it is also home to Amity Printing, the biggest publisher of bibles in the world. Watch this Reuters video to see how Amity prints and binds millions of bibles in 90 different languages.

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Millions of packages flow through UPS distribution centers every day. See how UPS processes irregular-shaped packages in this HowStuffWorks video.

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