Editing Bubble tea (section)

=== Mainland China ===
Since the idea of adding tapioca pearls into milk tea was introduced into China in the 1990s, bubble tea has increased in popularity.<ref name=":11">{{Cite news |last=Chen |first=Yawen |date=2020-12-23 |title=Tea Bubble Is Set to Inflate in China |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-bubble-tea-china-breakingviews-idUSKBN28X040 |access-date=2021-04-09 |archive-date=28 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201228082351/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-bubble-tea-china-breakingviews-idUSKBN28X040 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2020 it was estimated that the consumption of bubble tea was 5 times that of coffee in recent years.<ref name=":11" /> According to data from QianZhen Industry Research Institute, the value of the tea-related beverage market in China reached {{Currency|53.7 billion|RMB|passthrough=yes|first=yes}} (about {{Currency|7.63 billion|USD|passthrough=yes|linked=no}}) in 2018.<ref name=":12">{{Cite news |date=7 August 2019 |title=Milk Tea Becomes Increasingly Popular in China |work=People's Daily Online |url=http://en.people.cn/n3/2019/0807/c90000-9604164.html |access-date=2021-04-09 |archive-date=10 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190910050551/http://en.people.cn/n3/2019/0807/c90000-9604164.html |url-status=live }}</ref>  In 2019, annual sales from bubble tea shops reached as high as {{Currency|140.5 billion|RMB|passthrough=yes|linked=no}} (roughly {{Currency|20 billion|USD|passthrough=yes|linked=no}}).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Noël |first=Steffi |date=2020-09-09 |title=The success of bubble tea in China explained |url=https://daxueconsulting.com/success-bubble-tea-china/ |access-date=2022-12-03 |website=Daxue Consulting - Market Research China |language=en-US}}</ref> While bubble tea chains from Taiwan (e.g., Gong Cha and Coco) are still popular, more local brands, like Yi Dian Dian, [[Nayuki]], [[Hey Tea]], etc., are now dominating the market.<ref name=":12" />

In China, young people's growing obsession with bubble tea has shaped their way of social interaction. Buying someone a cup of bubble tea has become a new way of informally thanking someone. It is also a favoured topic among friends and on [[social media]].<ref name=":12" />