手搖品牌選邊站
Yi Fang Fruit Tea was blacklisted by Chinese netizens after the Taiwanese bubble tea brand closed one of its Hong Kong shops for a day and put up a sign stating: “Stand together with Hong Kongers.”
一芳水果茶之前關閉一間位在香港的店面一天，並貼出告示稱「與香港人站在一起」，此舉讓他們被中國網友列入黑名單，
blacklist(v.)列入黑名單
Later, in an effort to mollify angry Chinese internet users, Yi Fang Fruit Tea issued a statement declaring that “Hong Kong is an inseparable part of the People’s Republic of China.” But the same statement has enraged Taiwanese netizens, who have called for a boycott of the tea brand.
隨後一芳便發布「香港是中國不可分割的一部分」聲明，試圖和緩中國網友的怒火，但反而引發台灣網友激憤，揚言抵制。
mollify(v.)使和緩issue(v.)發布inseparable(adj.)不可分的enrage(v.)激怒boycott(n.)抵制
Following the controversial political statements from Yi Fang, many other bubble tea companies couldn’t escape the online furor, either.
在一芳充滿爭議的政治立場聲明後，許多手搖品牌也無法躲過這場風暴。
furor(n.)轟動、狂怒
Other Taiwanese bubble tea brands like Gong Cha, CoCo, Milk Shop, Dayung’s, and A Little Tea have all voiced their support for “one country, two systems.”
其他台灣手搖品牌如貢茶、CoCo、迷客夏、大苑子以及一點點現泡飲品都表態支持「一國兩制」。
Back in 2018, cafe and bakery chain 85°C also swore its allegiance to Beijing by saying that it upholds the 1992 Consensus and sees Taiwan as an inseparable part of China.
烘焙、咖啡連鎖店85°C也早在2018便聲明支持92共識，表示台灣為中國不可分割的一部分。
swear(v.)宣誓allegiance(n.)忠誠uphold(v.)支持inseparable(adj.)不可分的
Although some bubble tea shops are saying that the pro-Beijing statements were announced by their franchisees in China, claiming that the management in Taiwan supports Hong Kong and Taiwan, most Taiwanese netizens are still very disappointed and continue to post a “boycott list” online.
雖然有些手搖飲料店聲稱那些支持北京的聲明是中國經銷商所為，台灣店鋪仍會與香港及台灣站在一起，但多數台灣網友仍非常失望，不斷在網路上貼出抵制名單。
pro-(prefix)親⋯⋯的boycott(n.)杯葛
One Taiwanese netizen said, “This is the outcome of surrender. We have to fight for our democracy. We won’t be forced to admit anything to keep our firms and businesses under democracy.”
一位台灣網友表示「這就是投降的下場，我們要堅守民主。在民主之下，我們不需要被迫承認任何事情來保住我們的企業與買賣。」
surrender(v.)投降democracy(n.)民主
There is also an article mentioning that bubble tea is a Taiwanese invention which is sometimes even referred to as Taiwan’s national drink. We should protect it and prevent Taiwan from losing one of its world-famous features to China.
也有一篇文章提到，手搖飲料算是台灣的發明，甚至可說是台灣的國民飲料，我們要保護手搖飲，避免這項國際知名的特色被中國搶走。