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To: GST who wrote (151475)	1/12/2003 1:39:19 PM
From: Bill Harmond	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 164684

>>Starbucks has announced their Asian expansion plan -- a tenfold increase from 600 locations now to 6000 in a few years, with the focus on China. I see you're changing your story now. Now it's "Asia with an emphasis on China". There are less than 35 Starbucks in China, not 600. businesswire.com As for your 6,000 number everything I researched says they're "going slow" in China. Your 6,000 is more than Starbucks' current 5,800 global store count. Good reason. For the average Chinese ten hours work is a lot for a latte, and 6,000 stores means they see a mass market. Your assessments of the current consumer economy in China are not credible. I'm done debating it with you.