Etymology

Milk Tea Alliance

Today it means: An alliance between between democratic, pro-Western, anti-Chinese (Communist Party) movements in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Thailand and Myanmar. Full definition →

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The story

The choice of the “milk tea” name is to highlight their shared animosity towards China, due to the fact that Hong Kong, Taiwan, Thailand and Myanmar all have their own local styles of milk tea, while traditional Chinese tea is drunk neat without milk and sugar.

First known use, by meaning

  • 2020– An alliance between between democratic, pro-Western, anti-Chinese (Communist Party) movements in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Thailand and Myanmar.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.