Milk Tea alliance

April 10, 2021

Milk Tea Alliance pushes cross-border solidarity: Is it anything more than hashtag activism?

In the weeks following the Myanmar military’s coup on February 1, Asia’s online pro-democracy movement known as the Milk Tea Alliance saw a surge in new activism.

April 23, 2020

Not China’s cup of tea: how Beijing let Asia’s new Milk Tea Alliance get away

A Twitter war with Chinese nationalists has spawned the new “Milk Tea” alliance between pro-democracy social media users in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Thailand. The new links signal the possibility of dialogue between pro-democracy movements that often struggle to gain ground.