American cafe chain Starbucks has confirmed to the Chinese local media that it has increased the prices of coffee drinks sold in its chain stores on the Chinese mainland.

Starbucks Coffee Company has entered another five new Chinese cities: Langfang, Hebei; Zhengzhou, Henan; Harbin, Heilongjiang; Xiangtan, Hunan; and Zhoushan, Zhejiang.

Starbucks Corporation has recently completed high-level personnel adjustments for China and Asia Pacific regions, and Belinda Wong was appointed new president for Starbucks China.

Starbucks announced that it has signed an agreement with Hong Kong Maxim's Caterers Limited, Starbucks' joint venture partner in southern China, to gain a 100% stake in over half of Starbucks coffee shops in mainland China.

The coffee shop chain Starbucks has opened its largest shop on the Chinese mainland in Xiamen.

President Chain Store, a subsidiary of Taiwan's Uni-President Group, has announced that it has set up a food and beverage joint venture in Shanghai with Japan's Royal Holdings.