!["Operation and marketing cost in China [are] different from those in the US and other countries" - Starbucks (China).](http://cdn.i.haymarketmedia.asia/?n=finance-asia%2fcontent%2fstarbucksChina.jpg&h=684&w=1216&q=100&v=f093f09c1d&c=1)
It is one thing for local media to highlight perceived injustices meted out by foreign corporations, but China’s state TV station’s “expose” of the price of Starbucks’ coffee appears rather more frothy than defending consumer rights.
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