Starbucks has signed an agreement with the Beijing Capital International Airport to open a new outlet on October 1st. 
 
Starbucks, the best-known international coffee retailer from the United States, has signed an agreement with the Beijing Capital International Airport to open a new outlet on October 1st.

The new outlet in the airport, covering 130 square meters, will be the first Starbucks shop in a Chinese mainland airport.

Starbucks, which operates more than 7,600 coffee shops around the world, has opened more than 30 outlets in Beijing.

Since it opened its first cafe on the Chinese mainland in 1999, Starbucks has now over 270 shops across the country.
 
(Chinabroadcast.cn July 16, 2004)