Chinese Alcoholic Beverages

5 Sep 2012

We hear that the Harbourfront Commission, the body that is charged with overseeing development around the harbour, is to be upgraded in the not-too-distant future.

7:19AM

Spirit of free enterprise

18 Jun 2012

Mao-tai is at a crossroads. Prices for the highly alcoholic drink have collapsed after a de facto ban on its use at official functions.

Meanwhile, global luxury brands are circling...

5:51PM

Tsingtao and Japan's Suntory in beer venture

7 Jun 2012

Tsingtao Brewery and Japanese beverage company Suntory have agreed to jointly produce and sell beer in eastern China.

4:54PM

State firms pressed to reveal bills for Moutai

4 Feb 2012

A Shanghai-based lawyer has asked the central government to release details of Moutai purchases by 117 top state-owned enterprises (SOEs).

6:38AM

Cheers to tradition

1 Nov 2011

Wherever Germans go, they take their beer with them. That is why Qingdao offers China's most popular beer, Tsingtao, which was first brewed in 1903 by a consortium of Hong Kong-based British...

11:36PM

Collision courses

14 Jul 2011

Ever wondered what a cockroach-like insect tastes like when crunched between the teeth, whether boiled camel's paw is tender or tough, or if gulping back Chinese liquor guarantees a head-splitting...

2:42PM

Opinion

Jake Van Der Kamp

Singapore interbank rates manipulation claims are hyped

5:29AM

Enoch Yiu

Qianhai the likely winner in the rush for Hong Kong investment

4:35AM

Chinese cooking wines

Pagoda Aged Shao Hsing Chia Fan Chiew

11:55AM

Sinopec manager has job put on ice over drinks bill

A senior executive of Sinopec, China's biggest supplier of petrol, has been suspended from duty after the company spent more than one million yuan on vintage wine and bottles of the prestigious...

7:59AM

Fiery Maotai plans heavy duty global push

China's national liquor, Maotai, is seeking to conquer the world.

7:11AM

Guffaws at Maotai-PLA link-up

The seven military regions covering the entire mainland were reduced to a public laughing stock yesterday with the announcement of collaborative ties with Maotai, the renowned Guizhou-based liquor...

10:15AM

Booze, smokes: symbols of official graft

China's nouveau riche may use vintage wines from Bordeaux, Louis Vuitton bags and Rolex watches to signal their status. But few things on the mainland denote exclusivity, privilege and power like...

11:07AM

Stocks and spirits soar as football fans drink in World Cup of cheer

'Football without beer is like sashimi without soy sauce, or roast beef without Yorkshire pudding,' Peter Foster, a Beijing resident who is prepared to get up in the middle of the night to watch...

6:46AM