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📢 文末扫码进裙，免费领取双语精读版 China is now the world leader in coffee shops But the average Chinese person still guzzles much less than a typical American. The Economist China 8 August, 2024 | 562 words | ★★ ★ ☆ ☆ The historic city of Suzhou, about an hour’s drive from Shanghai, is criss-crossed with canals. Old whitewashed buildings line the banks. A century ago some of these would have been chaguans, or traditional teahouses, where locals gathered to discuss the news or conduct business. Today a visitor is more likely to find shops serving a different kind of beverage. There are dozens of Starbucks outlets in Suzhou, as well as other coffee sellers. Some even look like old chaguans - from the outside at least. Between 2010 and 2022 coffee consumption per person in China rose fourfold (see chart), according to the International Coffee Organisation, a group of producer and user countries. (China’s GDP per person doubled over the same period
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