FILE PHOTO: A mobile phone displays an internet meme in online fight between Chinese nationalists and Thai netizens and their supporters in Hong Kong and Taiwan, in this illustration taken on April, 14, 2020. REUTERS/Matthew Tostevin/Illustration
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Young Thais have banded together to pillory the Chinese embassy in Bangkok over a feud with Thai celebrities, part of a growing online movement to show solidarity with Taiwan and Hong Kong that has annoyed Beijing.
The movement, which calls itself the "Milk Tea Alliance" after a shared passion for sweet tea drinks, has triggered a wave of online criticism of China at a time when Beijing is trying to improve its image hurt by the coronavirus crisis.
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