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How Chinese drink chains are testing the limits of soft power

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How Chinese drink chains are testing the limits of soft power
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Makeda George steps out of a Mixue store in downtown Brooklyn, New York, clutching a bubble tea as she weaves through a crowd of teenagers. The local resident says she had been eager to try the brand after noticing a surge of new outlets opening in recent months.
“I decided to try the bubble tea. It was good,” she said, adding that she did not know it was a Chinese drink chain but figured it was Asian given the branding.
“Everywhere you go, every nook, every cranny, you just see them popping...

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