| The best thing about Starbucks in Shanghai, and any Starbucks around the world, is that even if it is completely full, you can bring a book, a laptop computer, or work you need to do, and sit for hours with out being hassled, as long as you buy a drink. There are few places in Shanghai where you can do that, and so when I was still living in China, Starbucks was a great place for me to do work outside of the office or to work on my graduate school applications. (Though the beautiful Old China Hand Reading Room on Shaoxing Road, is a pleasant exception.) |