Editing Beer in China (section)

==Economy==
[[File:Bottle_and_glas_of_Chinese_Tsingtao_beer.jpg|thumb|Chinese [[Tsingtao Brewery|Tsingtao]] beer]]

Despite the fact that estimates say between one-third to half of East Asian people, including Chinese people, have [[Alcohol flush reaction|Asian flush syndrome]], which influences the ability to process alcohol,<ref>{{Cite journal |doi=10.1371/journal.pmed.1000050 |pmc=2659709 |pmid=19320537 |title=The Alcohol Flushing Response: An Unrecognized Risk Factor for Esophageal Cancer from Alcohol Consumption |year=2009 |last1=Brooks |first1=Philip J. |last2=Enoch |first2=Mary-Anne |last3=Goldman |first3=David |last4=Li |first4=Ting-Kai |last5=Yokoyama |first5=Akira |journal=PLOS Medicine |volume=6 |issue=3 |pages=e1000050 |doi-access=free }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | pmc=6875758 | year=1995 | last1=Wall | first1=T. L. | last2=Ehlers | first2=C. L. | title=Genetic Influences Affecting Alcohol Use Among Asians | journal=Alcohol Health and Research World | volume=19 | issue=3 | pages=184–189 | pmid=31798054 }}</ref> China is deemed the world's largest beer market in terms of global consumption, followed by the United States and Brazil.<ref>{{Cite press release|title=Analyzing the $500 Billion Global Beer Industry 2019|url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/analyzing-the-500-billion-global-beer-industry-2019-300916262.html|last=Markets|first=Research and|website=www.prnewswire.com|language=en|access-date=2020-05-09}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=What's on tap for the global beer market? |publisher=J.P. Morgan|url=https://www.jpmorgan.com/global/research/beer-market|website=www.jpmorgan.com|language=EN|access-date=2020-05-09}}</ref>

Snow Beer, produced by [[CR Snow]] is the best-selling beer in China, holding 21.7% market share,<ref>{{cite news|last=Woo|first=Mars|title=China's Top Beer Makers Named|url=http://www.chinatopix.com/articles/1237/20130913/chinas-top-beer-makers-named.htm|access-date=7 March 2014|newspaper=China Topix|date=Sep 13, 2013}}</ref> having recently overtaken Tsingtao Beer, produced by [[Tsingtao Brewery]], which is the brand most widely exported to other countries. Tsingtao Beer is brewed in the city of [[Qingdao]] (formerly spelled ''Tsingtao'' in [[EFEO Chinese transcription]]) which was a German base in the time of [[unequal treaties]] and late-colonial western influence in China. The Germans needed beer for their sailors, soldiers and traders, and production continued after they lost the city to the Japanese in [[World War I]].

Apart from Tsingtao, other major Chinese brewing groups include [[China Pabst Blue Ribbon]],<ref name="A blue-collar beer goes upmarket">{{cite web|title=A blue-collar beer goes upmarket|publisher=Danwei|url=http://www.danwei.org/advertising_and_marketing/pabst_goes_upmarket.php|access-date=2011-08-27|archive-date=2012-11-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121129052104/http://www.danwei.org/advertising_and_marketing/pabst_goes_upmarket.php|url-status=dead}}</ref> Yanjing, Sie-Tang Lio and [[Zhujiang Beer]]. Many major international brewers now have interests in, or joint ventures with, Chinese breweries, and popular international brands such as [[Carlsberg Group|Carlsberg]] are now produced in China. This gives them access to the Chinese market while providing capital and expertise to help upgrade local brewing standards, albeit at the cost of variety.

Beer is [[Beer in Hong Kong|brewed in Hong Kong]], which has a large brewery owned by [[San Miguel Corporation]] of the Philippines, as well as a microbrewery producing several beers for the local market.

[[Brewpub]]s are gaining popularity in China, primarily in major cities which have a resident western community, though there are a few exceptions in more remote locations like Bad Monkey Brewery in [[Dali Town, Yunnan|Dali Old Town, Yunnan]]. Shanghai Brewery, Boxing Cat Brewery, The BREW and Dr. Beer are some of the more prominent craft breweries in Shanghai. In Beijing, several craft breweries such as [[Great Leap Brewing]], Jing-A Brewing, Panda Brew Pub, and [[Slow Boat Brewery]] have become staples in the local nightlife scene. Another popular brewpub is Kaiwei Beer House, a chain based in [[Wuhan]]. Craft beer festivals have been popularized since the early 2010s in Beijing and Shanghai. Two popular beer festivals in Shanghai, Shanghai International Beer Festival and Shanghai Beer Week, were both started in 2012.

In 2015 market share of imported beer reached 1.14% and volume increased by 58.9% to 538.5 million litres.<ref name="Journal.Beer">{{cite news|title=China. The market share of imported beer reached 1.14% |url=http://journal.beer/2016/01/22/china-in-2015-the-interest-in-imported-beer-continues-unabated/|access-date=22 January 2016}}</ref>