Yellow rice wine boom
Top society and culture news for January 18, 2017. Part of the daily The China Projectย news roundup "India scolds China."
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Forget wine, Chinaโs booze market is all about โliquid cakeโย / Bloomberg
Yellow rice wine, the traditional fermented drink of eastern Chinaโs Zhejiang Province, is the fastest-growing mass-market alcoholic drink in China, according to a Chinese investment bank. The growth in yellow rice wine sales is in contrast to recent reports of softening demand for beer, grape wine, and even baijiu, the stronger distilled liquor often used for toasting at official banquets. Whatever the truth of the sales volumes, the stock price of Chinaโs most famous baijiuย producer, Kweichow Moutai, has been soaringย in recent weeks. -
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