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 an online democracy and human rights movement consisting mainly 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 main countries mentioned, 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]