Milk Tea Alliance

Milk Tea Alliance
The "Milk Tea Alliance" flag created by netizens. The colours represent (from left) Thai milk tea, Hong Kong milk tea and Taiwanese milk tea.[1]
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	奶茶聯盟
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin nǎichá liánméng Bopomofo ㄋㄞˇ ㄔㄚˊ ㄌㄧㄢˊ ㄇㄥˊ Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization náaihchàh lyùhnmàhng Jyutping naai5caa4 lyun4mang4 Southern Min Hokkien POJ ni-tê liân-bêng
Burmese name
Burmese	လက်ဖက်ရည်မဟာမိတ်
Thai name
Thai	พันธมิตรชานม
RTGS	Phanthamit Cha Nom

The Milk Tea Alliance is a democracy and human rights movement consisting of netizens from Hong Kong, Taiwan, Thailand, and Myanmar (Burma).^[2][3][4] It originally started as an internet meme, created in response to the increased presence of Chinese nationalist commentators on social media^[5][6] and has evolved into a dynamic multinational protest movement against authoritarianism and advocating democracy. Aside from the four countries mentioned above, the movement has also established a significant presence in the Philippines, India, Malaysia, Indonesia, Belarus and Iran.^[7]

The Diplomat describes the Milk Tea Alliance, despite it not being institutionalised, as a pro-democracy alternative to ASEAN. In Myanmar's case especially, The Diplomat considers it to be "a central force in shaping the way Myanmar's youth understand the current battle between pro-democracy protesters and their vastly better armed opponents, a predicament faced by other youth in neighboring countries."^[8]