Nationalists ridiculed Starbucks on Chinese social media site Sina Weibo on Feb. 14 after employees in Chongqing asked police officers having lunch outside a Starbucks to leave, Reuters reported Feb. 15. China's top state newspaper People's Daily called Starbucks "arrogant," but Hu Xijin — a commentator for the Global Times, another top state media outlet, and often a vocal nationalist — urged internet users not to "label a mistake as arrogance" or contradict China's "environment of opening up."