To visit China as an American is to very much feel at home. In some ways, Americans feel more at home in China than the Chinese do. And that’s not just because street signs mostly include English spelling.
Americans feel comfortable there because almost literally everywhere they look in its increasingly sparking cities is an American business. McDonald’s are ubiquitous, so are Kentucky Fried Chicken outlets, Nike stores, Apple Stores, and Starbucks. By last count, there were 4,100 of the coffee chain’s locations in China, but that’s likely a dated number. It’s well known that Starbucks has designs on 7,000.
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