Hong Kong
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A Chinese coffee chain has apologized and changed its name after state media roasted it for misusing a word revered by the nation’s communist government.
People’s Cafe – which decorates most of its branches in bright red, often with a star on their storefront, evoking a very Chinese Communist Party aesthetic – issued an apology Saturday, days after state media singled it out for riding on the “gimmick economy.”
As in many officially communist states, the term “people” – or “renmin,” in Mandarin – is deployed liberally but earnestly by the Chinese government.
The country’s official name is the People’s Republic of…
