This is here as an example. In the modern parts of Beijing, Xi’an, and Shanghai you cannot pitch a stick without hitting a US chain restaurant. The seemingly most popular? KFC. Ol’ Colonel Sanders’ face is far far more in evidence than that of our ol’ Chairman Mao.
And of course look-down-look-up and there’s a McDonalds. And these guys, Starbucks, lines ’em up everywhere, speaking to my theory that you mustn’t get started since Starbucks is clearly addicting and the cost too, even here, makes you think it must be a controlled substance!