starbucks get criticized by CCTV for its high pricing

Here is an interesting event this Monday. CCTV (China Central TV) aims at Starbucks this time for its high price coffee in China. Obviously, the TV programme is not the only comment, but also criticize it seriously.

At one time, CCTV also fires on Apple for its maintenance policy in China, but this turn, it is Starbucks.

Common people's reaction is not so intense. Most of them even chose to stand at the side of Starbucks.

Can we suppose that if Starbucks makes some AD on CCTV's channel, all problems would be solved?

The interesting thing happened, in reality, is that Starbucks China posts a photo on its official Sina Weibo as its response, the picture shows us a cute alpaca toy pen and a cup of coffee.

Natheless, alpaca is not an idiomatic word here, Chinese is habituated to call it " grass mud horse" or "Cao-Ni-Ma".(Fxxx words )

Is it a sarcastic response from Starbucks?