Reddit actor gets angry at successful company.
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First of all he's from China and bubble tea is Taiwanese not Chinese so maybe he should stop culturally appropriating Taiwanese culture and trying to claim a culture that is not his. Also China is the king of cultural appropriation considering how many Chinese knock off products there are.
Second of all if he doesn't like cultural appropriation then he can start by not wearing Western clothes.
I argue outside of Taiwan, that it was more popular in the west coast and Hawaii before it ever exploded in popularity in the 2000s in China. Yeah it was around in the mid 90s but most people didn't have the disposable income to enjoy it until China had their economic boom and more people moved from rural areas to work in the city.
Bubble Tea shops recently reached saturation right as their economy is failing. It grew about 250% between 2016 to 2020.
Honestly, it's the younger generation that embrace the drink, hardly something to take cultural ownership of. If anything it's more western, created in Taiwan thanks to American influence. So suck it China.
But what the fuck does he know? He's an actor.
it was actually very popular in SEA during the 90s.
And it's still sorta popular in SG at least. All the queues outside the bubble tea shops during lunch time.
Just no longer so popular that every street has one shop.
Yes, you in sg?