Editing Beer in China (section)

==History==
Production and consumption of [[beer]] in [[China]] has occurred for around nine thousand years, with recent archaeological findings showing that Chinese villagers were brewing beer-type alcoholic drinks as far back as 7000 BC on small and individual scales.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Gershon|first=Livia|title=Remains of 9,000-Year-Old Beer Found in China|url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/remains-9000-year-old-beer-found-china-180978563/|access-date=2021-09-12|website=Smithsonian Magazine|language=en}}</ref> Made with rice, honey, grape, and hawthorn fruits, this early beer seems to have been produced similarly to that of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia.<ref name="9,000-Year-Old Beer Re-Created From Chinese Recipe">{{cite web|title=9,000-Year-Old Beer Re-Created From Chinese Recipe|publisher=National Geographic Society|url=http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/07/0718_050718_ancientbeer.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050722030635/http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/07/0718_050718_ancientbeer.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 22, 2005}}</ref> Ancient Chinese beer was important in ancestral worship, funeral and other rituals of [[Xia dynasty|Xia]], [[Shang dynasty|Shang]] and [[Zhou dynasty|Zhou]] dynasties, and the beer was called as Lao Li (醪醴 in [[oracle bone script]]). However, after the [[Han dynasty]], Chinese beer faded from prominence in favor of [[huangjiu]], which remained the case for the next two millennia. 

===Pale lager===
Modern beer [[brewing]] was not introduced into China until the end of 19th century, when [[Polish people|Polish]] people established a brewery in [[Harbin]], with another three following (also in [[Harbin]]), set up by [[Germany|Germans]], [[Czechoslovakia|Czechoslovaks]] and [[Polish people|Poles]] respectively. [[Japanese people|Japanese]] also established in 1934 in [[Mukden]] [[Manchurian Beer]], which later became [[Shenyang]] [[Snow beer|Snow Beer]] and then acquired in 1994 by [[China Resources Enterprises]].<ref>[http://wenku.baidu.com/link?url=4EmX3K9_XHM_vUmC8ds0kN7GxIFFWHOUA8Nj-0peg15Bd9bbosiuPZBMFp531X1h1GFB_5v9h7wlhPpkdoYMiLJe6nQLLfEyh5KNPwCqS3S Visiting Shenyang Snow Beer's Old Brewery] (in Chinese)</ref>

===Craft beer===
The emergence of craft beer in China started in the large metro areas including Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/as-chinas-craft-beer-craze-takes-off-brewers-hatch-ambitious-plans/article30908331/|title=As China's craft beer craze takes off, brewers hatch ambitious plans|access-date=2016-09-04}}</ref> Once primarily of interest to [[expatriate|expat]] drinkers, local consumer interest in premium brands and local and imported craft beers is currently on the rise.<ref>{{Cite news|title = China Embraces Craft Beers, and Brewing Giants Take Notice|url = https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/16/business/dealbook/china-embraces-craft-beers-and-brewing-giants-take-notice.html|newspaper = The New York Times|date = 2016-01-15|access-date = 2016-01-20|issn = 0362-4331|first1 = Amie|last1 = Tsang|first2 = Cao|last2 = Li}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.pri.org/stories/2014-11-18/china-getting-taste-craft-beers-not-craft-brewing|title=China is getting a taste for craft beers, but not for craft brewing|date=18 November 2014 |language=en-US|access-date=2016-09-04}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/china/archive/2013/07/forget-portland-china-might-just-be-the-new-epicenter-of-craft-beer/278077/|title=Forget Portland: China Might Just Be the New Epicenter of Craft Beer|last=McDonnell|first=Justin|website=[[The Atlantic]] |language=en-US|access-date=2016-09-04|date=2013-07-24}}</ref> However, Chinese government regulations have been cited as an obstacle facing new breweries or those wishing to expand bottling distribution.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sixthtone.com/news/chinas-craft-beer-revolution|title=China's Craft Beer Revolution|last=Tone|first=Sixth|date=2016-07-22|access-date=2016-09-04|archive-date=2017-02-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170216165148/http://www.sixthtone.com/news/chinas-craft-beer-revolution|url-status=dead}}</ref>