evidence: It should not be ignored that just moments before vacating the White House, Trump’s national security officials hastily put all the cards on the table. Apart from recognizing China as the biggest threat and the major competitor to American interests in the newly-defined Indo-Pacific region by President Trump’s Pentagon, the declassified document advocates the defense of the so-called first-string islands with the main emphasis on Taiwan. It likewise promotes strengthening U.S. alliances with like-minded democratic countries, with absolute priority given to India.[2] [...] A meme which also broadly disseminated on Indian and Taiwanese social media platforms showed President Tsai and Prime Minister Modi toasting with bubble tea and Indian chai. It was a clear reference to the "Milk Tea Alliance," a coalition of democratic countries which originated as a solidarity movement among netizens of Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Thailand in 2020.[42] Activists in all these countries stressed the need of strengthening democratic values, and protested against the growing influential industry of China.[43] [...] [44] Foreign Minister Jaushieh Joseph Wu, Tweet, the official account of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of China (Taiwan), October 10, 2020, https://twitter.com/MOFA_Taiwan/status/1314853894283882496.