As of 2019, Starbucks opens a new store every 15 hours in China. The coffee chain has grown by 700% over the past decade.
STATISM
Etymology
Noun
statism (countable and uncountable, plural statisms)
The belief that the centralization of power in a state (sovereign polity) is the ideal or best way to organize humanity.
Source: Wiktionary
Sta"tism, n. Etym: [From State.]
Definition: The art of governing a state; statecraft; policy. [Obs.] The enemies of God . . . call our religion statism. South.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) a reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty
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