Political controversies stirred up by beverage shops are not limited to within Taiwan or across the Taiwan Strait

Taiwan News
Date: 2019/08/12
By: George Liao, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – Political controversies stirred up by drink shops are not limited to within the territories of Taiwan or across the Taiwan Strait, but they have also spread to as far as Germany in Europe.

The recent controversies originated from an employee of "Teamate," a well-known Taiwanese-founded beverage shop in Germany, posting opinions on social media supporting the political views of "one country on each side" and "Taiwan and China being two different sovereign states," Liberty Times reported on Monday (Aug. 12).

The employee’s opinions met with attacks from Chinese trolls, who have revengefully given negative reviews and even come up with menacing comments such as “unifying [Taiwan] with military force,” according to the media outlet..

Teamate has several shops in Düsseldorf. The shop founder successfully introduced Taiwan’s hand-shake pearl milk tea and oolong milk tea to Germany many years ago. As the beverages have genuine Taiwanese flavors, they are well received by both overseas Taiwanese in Germany and foreign customers, Liberty Times reported.    [FULL  STORY]