Straits Times
Date: June 13, 2020
By: Katherine Wei Taiwan Correspondent In Taipei
Customers queueing up at a Truedan bubble tea outlet in Taipei. The brand is among a group of Taiwanese bubble tea chains that politically passionate consumers on the island are boycotting for being “pro-China”.ST PHOTO: KATHERINE WEI
In the past year or so, bubble tea has been swirling in the rough-and-tumble world of politics.
A number of home-grown bubble tea chains are being boycotted for being "pro-China". All have stores on the mainland, as well as in Hong Kong and Macau, and Chinese firms invested in their expansion. [FULL STORY]
