Following Simu Liu’s viral moment on Dragons’ Den where he called out two Quebecois entrepreneurs for culturally appropriating bubble tea, conversations around boba and cultural appropriation took over the internet. Our reporter, Issy Wells, spoke with the Taiwanese American Cofounder of a different boba tea business, Twrl Milk Tea, Olivia Chen who caught Liu’s eye following the incident. We heard her thoughts on why she agrees the pair were guilty of cultural appropriation, what we can learn from this moment and the latest on her interaction with Simu Liu.
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