Kweichow Moutai Liquor at a supermarket in Beijing. In recent months, people have started hoarding the product with the expectation that demand for it will grow as the Chinese government’s crackdown on extravagant spending eases. Photo: Xinhua
Kweichow Moutai Liquor at a supermarket in Beijing. In recent months, people have started hoarding the product with the expectation that demand for it will grow as the Chinese government’s crackdown on extravagant spending eases. Photo: Xinhua
Kweichow Moutai
China /  Politics

Targeted in crackdown, Moutai liquor is once again the toast of the town

A symbol of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s anti-corruption campaign, Kweichow Moutai is back as a highly popular - and expensive - liquor brand

He Huifeng
He Huifeng

Updated: 6:35pm, 3 Jun, 2017

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Kweichow Moutai Liquor at a supermarket in Beijing. In recent months, people have started hoarding the product with the expectation that demand for it will grow as the Chinese government’s crackdown on extravagant spending eases. Photo: Xinhua
Kweichow Moutai Liquor at a supermarket in Beijing. In recent months, people have started hoarding the product with the expectation that demand for it will grow as the Chinese government’s crackdown on extravagant spending eases. Photo: Xinhua
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