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Chinese authority urges medicinal liquor brand to answer public concerns

TheChinaFoodandDrugAdministration(CFDAhasurgedHongmaoPharmaceuticals,whichmakesChinesemedicinalliquor,toofferclarificationoveraccusationsthattheirproductis"pois

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Arrest of doctor doubting popular Chinese medicinal liquor sparks debate

AChinesedoctorwasdetainedbypoliceformorethanthreemonthsafterpostinganarticleonlinecallingapopularChinesemedicinalliquor“poison.”Thecase,whicharousedpublicconcer

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82 die after drinking bootleg liquor in Indonesia

ByAPDwriterMaverickJAKARTA,April11(APD)—Eighty-twopeoplehavediedafterdrinkingbootlegliquortheyobtainedfromillegalsellerscamouflagedasherbaldrinkstallsinWestJava

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2,000-year-old liquor unearthed from ancient tomb in western China

ArchaeologistshaveunearthedabronzekettlecontainingliquorfromaQinDynastytomb,datingbackmorethan2,000yearsinwestChina'sShaanxiProvince.Thekettleisasacrificialvess

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Sri Lanka’s cabinet decides to reimpose ban on women buying alcohol

ByAPDwriterEaswaranCOLOMBO,Jan.16(APD)–SriLanka’scabinetonTuesdaydecidedtoreimposeabanonwomenbuyingandsellingalcohol.Thecabinetdecidedtowithdrawtwogazettenotice

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9 dead after consuming food at relative's home in India

Atleastninepeoplediedallegedlyafterconsumingfoodatarelative'shomeinnorthernIndianstateofUttarPradesh,officialssaidThursday.TheincidenttookplaceatvillageThalKhur

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Bootleg liquor kills at least 18 in northern India

Atleast18peoplewerekilledandoveradozensickenedduetoconsumptionofspuriousliquorinnorthernIndianstateofUttarPradesh,localmediareportedonMonday.Thebootlegliquorwas

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India court bans liquor shops on highways

​India's top court has ordered all liquor shops to shut down along state and national highways in an attempt to reduce drink driving and road accidents.

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Liquor gives spirit to Chinese town

​Maotai Township, a remote town tucked away in southwest China's Guizhou Province, is drawing tourists thanks to China's "national liquor."

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Indian state chief minister urges women to destroy local liquor factories

Nitish Kumar, chief minister of eastern Indian state of Bihar, has called on women to destroy all local liquor factories.

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23 die after consuming toxic liquor in South Pakistan

​Four people died at a hospital in Pakistan's south Hyderabad district where they were shifted after consuming toxic liquor on Tuesday, bringing the death toll to 23 over the last two days, local media reported.

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Chinese liquor wins int'l competition

GUIYANG, Sept. 9 (Xinhua) -- Gloomy domestic liquor market has not stopped Chinese brands of liquor standing out among 1,397 spirits in the 2015 Brussels international liquor competition held in Guiyang, capital of Guizhou Province.

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China's austerity, anti-bureaucracy campaign retains momentum

Year-end used to be a busy time for Wang, the owner of a liquor and cigarette store in downtown Beijing, but sales have dropped sharply over the past two years.

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Moutai rebuts contamination rumor New tests support liquor giant

Leading Chinese liquor maker Kweichow Moutai cited favorable test results on Monday, from three quality tests - after trading of Moutai's stocks was suspended, over contamination rumors.

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China probes liquor suspected of containing excessive plasticizer

An ongoing investigation has found no evidence that a domestic brand liquor has been intentionally using plasticizer in its products, a Chinese local quality watchdog claimed Wednesday.