HANGZHOU — Sweet, milky and colorful — bubble tea is wildly popular in China, where people sipping through straws from large plastic cups is a common sight in high streets and shopping malls across the country.
But there's fresh competition brewing in the vast market, characterized by ultra-cheap products that are striking a chord with China's increasingly frugal young consumers.
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