From tea wars to chicken bargains

Patrons inside a Naisnow outlet in the Flushing neighbourhood of Queens, New York. — Ava Pellor/The New York Times

THE economic relationship between the United States and China is as strained as it has been in years. Yet, that has not stop­ped a wave of Chinese food and beverage chains from pushing into the United States for the first time.

Tea shops in New York and Los Angeles are selling drinks capped with milk or cheese foam.