Moutai - China's communist spirit | DW Documentary

Moutai is a sharp-tasting liquor from the town of the same name in southern China. It's also the world's most valuable alcohol brand, thanks to its popularity among the Communist Party elite and its use as a lubricant for business deals and favors.
Anti-corruption campaigns have dragged down Kweichow Moutai's value, but right now the company is enjoying a strong upswing. It is by some distance the world’s number one alcohol producer, ahead of Johnny Walker. It isn’t cheap for customers either: the most expensive bottles of Moutai can cost thousands of euros. But the distillery produces liquor under the protected Moutai name in places other than the town of Maotai itself, a clear violation of the rules. The company needn’t fear any consequences, because it’s the favorite brand of China's Communist Party, which is currently celebrating its 100th anniversary. And also because the drink has long played a major role in the Party's eventful history, as Mathias Bölinger shows.
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[@alexwieland-ducher8792]

"He was an experienced drinker" That is the nicest way I have ever heard someone describe an alcoholic.

[@bikend.chongbang1019]

Lmfao 🤣

[@MTobias]

@@scienceon1346 wine conossoirs, at least professional ones, don't actually drink the wine.

[@alexwieland-ducher8792]

@@scienceon1346 I also love the idea of a Vodka connoisseur, "ah yes this tastes like top brand hand sanitizer"

[@Antechynus]

I consider myself a professional drinker... my friend's call me a functional alcoholic... we all have a good laugh when we get together.

[@sharishth]

Guess we all are too then😂.

[@MWEric]

container looks like something that motor oil would be stored in.

[@vienogola1421]

Thank you it looks very cheap...🥴

[@levelazn]

It keeps the people of China running

[@cassiopesysg5423]

@Ernest Khalimov its actually an ugly porcelain bottle though

[@danielwang2956]

It's ceramic

[@rraaaa6315]

@Ernest Khalimov What kind of rat's ass logic is that?

[@JAHogshead]

My favorite is the party “historian” saying the Red army totally paid for everything and didn’t drink the town dry. Like he’s never actually met Soldiers before.

[@gohtdichnutah7905]

as if its something to be ashamed of... not like every other nations soldiers at any time in history ever drank every town they entered dry. exept of course you have expropriation, but lets be honest thats still the same as 95% of all historic soldiers as people with guns and institutional authority usually just take what they want from people with ..well... less guns and less institutional authority

[@Poopary]

@@gohtdichnutah7905 he was talking about the chinese soldiers in this instance. Kind of weird that you got very defensive about it. How much did Xinnie de Pooh pay you ?

[@absurdcamus9645]

@@Poopary you seem to really hate Xi, how much did CIA paid you?

[@Poopary]

@@absurdcamus9645 3 cheeseburgers and a Costco gift card.

[@pluckedpickles2725]

@@Poopary fuck man they only gave me a Panda Express coupon and a monster

[@timwynn6079]

most expensive spirit that comes in an automotive engine oil bottle.

[@PhysicsPotion]

MOTUL OIL

[@汤圆-y7f]

Actually it's one of few things hasn't been changed in China, hope it can keep that way for another 100 years

[@BKKNOW1]

I really did think it was engine oil when I first see the bottle 🙄🤣😂

[@rockeerockey6941]

@@汤圆-y7f Nah, Xi Xi Pooh is on his way out! Soon comes the bottom up purge, a kind of French revolution.

[@rockeerockey6941]

@The Professional Professional what, slave trader? Just a little wumao!

[@NooBmasTer-jx3mk]

DW teaching western entrepreneurs what to buy for business lobby in China. 😅😅

[@NooBmasTer-jx3mk]

@@BKKNOW1 Europe pest crisis averted! 🤣🤣🤣 Volla

[@sabbyd1832]

Bribe you mean

[@briandsouza7854]

@@BKKNOW1 🤢🤮

[@HeadRealThin]

Haha imagine China using product protection laws!!

[@sabyasachimistry5428]

Almost similar kinda practices you will find in every country... its a century old practice, Nobody needn't learn it from China especially WEST....its a docu to prove CHINA is BAD, very BAD.

[@glenbuyer8738]

For everyone commenting the bottle looks bad, it’s a ceramic bottle, looks and feels nicer in the hand.

[@GeneralLiuofBoston1911]

People saying the drink seems bad just by looking when it isn't actually that bad of a drink, let alone not aware that the documentary focuses on ONE brand (the one traded among the CCP) and how there are many other brand and production options.

[@_alarmclock]

Tbh everyone’s dunking on the bottle but I think it looks kinda cool

[@regulareverydaynormalguy8789]

@@_alarmclock yeah, i once had a sip, it burns. i don't drink often.

[@broncotrolly]

This company is almost worth more than Toyota and Nike combined. The 27th most valuable company in the world. Its pretty funny that it looks like that

[@alexreder1435]

А мне нравится бутылка, выглядит аутентично, я бы поставил такую в свою коллекцию 🥰

[@matthewneubeck8411]

this is journalism. This man should be awarded. He even went to prison.

[@Jacopski]

And they’ll probably put him in again if he keeps digging deeper sadly 😔

[@audiboy6670]

A lot of journalists in China go to prison sadly

[@nothanks6988]

@Danny Sierra save it for the church hall Danny

[@snowyz5961]

Nobody care about him

[@Kyukki1219]

@@snowyz5961 hes more famous than you will ever be in your whole life

[@butter_nut1817]

The glue-bottle aesthetic is too bourgeois. A real communist drink would come in a tin.

[@TheNotoriousKID]

Me and some buddies had this at a restaurant in Brooklyn China town some years back. The owner of the restaurant was an old man name Ming and he would give us packs of Chinese cigarettes and free drinks whenever we went there, one particular night he broke this out and unsealed it, we drank the whole bottle…. It was an experience and I have never been that drunk again or before in my life.

[@MarcusAurelius7777]

Good story

[@7kudos]

My man.... I had this bottle sitting with me after my father was bribed. The bottle was worth more than my salary at the time. Lets just say, two shots, flat out drunk and running through the streets. Best pick me up, I have ever had.

[@以畜生别用你手碰妇女]

​@@7kudos瓶子也值300USD

[@以畜生别用你手碰妇女]

​@@7kudos因为可以用来造假

[@jaycee5502]

​@@以畜生别用你手碰妇女$750 plus tax in California

[@DegreesOfThree]

RIP Chinese whistleblower guy. He had a good run.

[@calvyncraven1141]

Thats what your slave masters teach you to think eh?

[@Robopi3.14]

@@calvyncraven1141 CCP bot

[@calvyncraven1141]

@@Robopi3.14 lol..said the CIA bot.

[@Robopi3.14]

@@calvyncraven1141 what agenda of the cia am I pushing rn? Besides I'm literally Canadian

[@calvyncraven1141]

@@Robopi3.14 and what agenda I'm pushing? Im not even a Chinese citizen. 🙄

[@EDone1863]

“One owner didn’t want to hand over the factory, so they executed him”

[@maggiejetson7904]

It is communist era when they take over everything, of course.

[@awesome_infidel5216]

Bwahahahaha 😀😀😀😀

[@Rio-ke9he]

Damn that must be true

[@HWDragonborn]

The Chinese guy didn't even say "they executed him" in Chinese, he simply said "he was killed off".

[@lv9657]

The indigenous kids in US, Australia, Canada & other countries colonized by European, those kids were burried in shallow grave ! Not sure your relatives were one of them inside the grave or they have their hands full of bloods when they killed these kids.

[@CrimsonAlchemist]

100% sure the soldiers robbed the liqur warehouse. They were broke, beaten, and on the run.

[@pacosouviron175]

and comunist

[@kenansabic2901]

@@pacosouviron175 Problem?

[@lorainejones41]

Can this guy come to America and find out what all the corrupt congressman and senator's are drinking at the lobbyist bribery lunches. 😂

[@aneeshprasobhan]

its more open in America, the companies that lobby simply donate to the politicians campaigns and in response, they'll get to talk with the future politicians and make laws favourable to the donors. If you ask me, lobbying should be illegal. It's literally legalized bribing.

[@BKKNOW1]

They are drinking single malt Scottish whiskey, the best in the world.

[@BKKNOW1]

Cristina Ximera it looks very strong, and you are right you can’t get addicted to it.

[@bloodborne410]

Yo ı live in turkey Our goverment itse Hel p

[@lawrencel2544]

@@aneeshprasobhan i agree with you 100. "Lobbying" is just a fancy word for bribery.

[@MZ-hx1ie]

You think DW is introducing a Chinese liquor, but it turns out it is another dark Chinese political series. Good job as always DW.

[@q_q123]

When it comes to Chinese politics, all documentaries from the west have to have gloomy filters and depressing music

[@gyurmethlodroe1774]

DW is younger brother of CNN is twin brother of CGTN is first cousin of NYT is sister of WSJ is wife of Global times so dont be surprised😃

[@Oddn7751]

@@q_q123 Might have something to do with the current gloomy and depressing situation in China

[@SuperPrototipas]

Because every fart in China is about politics. Everything is literally owned by the government.

[@mottscottison6943]

The bottling looks ridiculously similar to detergent but it is one of the best hard liquor out there.

[@myownidenity4955]

I was going to say drain cleaner lol

[@81Earthangel]

It is one of the most disgusting hard liquors out there. These Chinese have no taste buds or just buy it for the name.

[@seannborba8416]

What does it taste like?

[@davidng2699]

I would love to be a government official so random strangers would ply me with the MT

[@pikachu5647]

oh I get it, its like native indian "desi daru" then, those are also transparent and damn strong, drunk by the poor and known for bad taste.

[@clairde]

DW editor: ok the video has to include these words: “Corrupt” “Bribe” “Communist”

[@aymanjc4146]

I loathe CCP however I do agree with you.

[@backpackpepelon3867]

Thats how propaganda works tho 😁

[@Zov631]

I’m surprised that there is no “Russia” “Putin” in this video lmao

[@XX-wn8xv]

I hate the pseudo-democracy in the West, I agree with you

[@蓬莱山辉夜-h6o]

DW editor: again , viwers , remember CCP is evil , is bad , and do not look the normal life of Chinese .

[@Oniontrololol]

Looks like a bottle of anti freeze 😹

[@leons.kennedy6710]

It tastes like it too.

[@levelazn]

@@leons.kennedy6710 no it doesn’t. You must have had a fake one 😜

[@dirkusmaximus9268]

Works like it as well !

[@masterpython]

@@leons.kennedy6710 antifreeze is sweet

[@didiermontagnier6114]

@@levelazn According to my Chinese colleagues, they are all fake. The real ones are reserved for the party elites

[@pengfu8608]

Oh.....DW DW DW.....How I LOVE and ADORE you for all your hard work. All that daily dose of negativity must cause your employees severe damage to their mental health. Cheers to your master and your minions with a shot glass of the "Communist Liquor".....May your Propaganda lives on like the Fuhrer in your heart, fills with the deepest hatred and sorrow. Cheers from China! We are doing just FINE here. No refugees, no terrorism, no funky politics, and almost no COVID. Life actually gets better and better. Thank you for your regular concerns. 乾杯!

[@Sacto1654]

Be aware it is also quite potent, too. I've drank it before at nearly 150 proof (75% grain alcohol) and you can only enjoy it in half-shot (22.1 ml) glasses.

[@underhorse5367]

U sure it’s 75? I think the highest moutai it’s 53, do correct me if I’m wrong

[@ronniechew6566]

I think I've tried a bit of that before. It doesn't taste good for me. I don't know how they like it. I prefer single malt whiskey 😋

[@KIM-xl6zs]

22.5 ml

[@brandonr.7262]

It's brutal. An yes it's 53 percent POPOV vodka Is better but what do u expect there commies. They have no private owned liquors

[@ronniechew6566]

@@brandonr.7262 Those hard liquors in China are not easy to drink anyway. I've tried it once when a friend bought a bottle in a duty free shop. It's not cheap and it does not agree with me. I prefer my whiskey, vodka and tequila 😋 I wonder if it will burn with that high alcohol content?

[@tonyrandall3146]

I didn't know you did puns DW - now I'm not sure how I feel today at all.

[@luckcharlie1]

DW is busy making propaganda attacking China while the corruption in Germany and the US are rampant...well, forget about how the rich elites messing around in Germany and the US, let's go slander China with whatever we can make up.

[@farajaraf]

I've been unsubscribed

[@farajaraf]

@Resistance Militia its crappy propaganda from Germany

[@Oddn7751]

@@luckcharlie1 lmao they made a whole series on the wealth/power inequality in Germany. Not everyting criticizing China is filthy reactionary propaganda

[@tonyrandall3146]

@@farajaraf Not really - in DW's defence I looked them up and it seems they have a charter that stipulates a mandate of neutrality and responsible use of public funding like PBS.

[@humphreywu9039]

Our family drink this liquor every Chinese New Year. Oh, we are corrupted officials.

[@HeadRealThin]

So is it good? Part of this documentary seemed to say it’s terrible but that people don’t care because of its celebrity.

[@fishy3591]

@@HeadRealThin Depends what type of alcohol you prefer, everyone's preferences will impact their judgement. Moutai in general has rather high alcohol content, but it does taste pretty good. Usually its given as gifts, as the price is quite high.

[@INTJchengmo]

@@HeadRealThin I don't drink, but from my family experience, I think the wine is something you have to get used to, because its aroma is quite rich but strong. The Maotai has several layers of aroma (note: this portion is a paraphrase I made from a intro/review I found online). It might be kind of similar to the pidan preserved eggs, many people like the pidan-egg because of its unique aroma, but for those who are trying it for the first time, they will definitely think the egg looks scary and tastes stinky.

[@michaelchen7088]

This is BS when you say Chinese officials only drink maotai. They also drink Lang jiu and Wu liang ye

[@erbium4308]

This is just another biased anti-china propaganda, just watch it as a joke.

[@gavriloprincip9634]

@@erbium4308 anti chinese propaganda lmaooo

[@liiillllliiilllliilllliii9461]

@@erbium4308 ah found a Chinese bot 🤣🤣

[@kenansabic2901]

@@gavriloprincip9634 You seriously think anti-china propaganda doesn't exist?

[@zachabsher8546]

@@kenansabic2901 they don't even need it lmao Anyone w their head not in a hole can tell its not a good place rn

[@308_Negra_Arroyo_Lane]

50% true, 50% bullshit insinuations. It's basically just a famous, overpriced brand nowadays.

[@thomasstack4119]

It is delicious.

[@PewPewNomNom]

Worth more than any liquor brand 😉

[@LeanBackNplay]

Just like most wine produced in Europe, DW is trying so hard 🤣

[@didiermontagnier6114]

@@PewPewNomNom Bat soup is also tasty in China, but not elsewhere 😉

[@AN474-e1o]

"The owner was a well-known reactionary, so we confiscated all his liquor." How convenient.

[@brandonr.7262]

I was just saying that. They mean wealthy liquor owner an the stole it

[@mikelbrenn111]

Pretty the cpp tortured and killed the whole family.

[@awesome_infidel5216]

The amount of fake news this channel producing is unbelievable.

[@brandonr.7262]

@@awesome_infidel5216 how so?

[@awesome_infidel5216]

@@brandonr.7262 All they show here just opinions and no proofs whatsoever. And by using some random chinese guy and took photo from outside of the factory and make wild allegations about chinese gov't doing evil things, all in all to manufacture consents.

[@JahBreed]

🤣The bottle came out at my Korean friends Xmas party. I thought it was for cars at first.

[@levelazn]

Your Korean friend knows what’s up

[@kaptenlemper]

To be fair, you could probably use it as antifreeze.

[@yijiachen5389]

Even the wine company also can be used to anti CPC. Good job DW

[@rediponto9588]

tbh many wine brands here in the west are overrated too. luxury alcohol is a shady business

[@kenansabic2901]

Only pretentious people can tell the difference.

[@rediponto9588]

@@kenansabic2901 exactly

[@manikkalore1630]

It is a liquor with toilet cleaner packaging.

[@rockeerockey6941]

Looks more like a bottle of Gumout to me!

[@JJ-Toreddie]

Looks like dirt cheap Russian vodka

[@claudiamorley799]

Do Chinese know about marketing: the most expensive drink looks like dish washing liquid😄

[@CristMakhanya]

That's the whole point. It's meant to look old

[@Fray2221]

Tastes like it too.

[@Will-xf3qe]

They don't need marketing when the central government controls the market

[@claudiamorley799]

@@Will-xf3qe they may control the market but they can't control the desire to drink it🙂

[@underhorse5367]

@@Will-xf3qe no, central government doesn’t control the market after 1980

[@martinklingenberg637]

The bottle looks like it contains something that will open up a drain

[@sangfong206]

It’s a actually porcelain., but yeah the shape just makes it look like brake fluid bottle

[@carocard7074]

I have seen it on taobao lol. This journalist has balls

[@sabbyd1832]

The spirit of this documentary runs deep

[@shake_shells11]

use alcohol to sterilize wound during the war, that's actually more useful than drinking it

[@sadzacsesh3478]

Not if you view war as useless

[@RoxyProd]

Why not both? This is why soldiers in history have been notorious for using drugs because of the eminent fear of death. I do the same, especially if I was forcefully put into this war

[@amitduwal3726]

Why are good wines so expensive in europe? Dw: Rich people. Why is maotai so expensive? Dw: corrupt party officials Classic western propoganda

[@lofiandchill6062]

What's with the West's obsession with portraying China as dark and dystopian? The Chinese don't waste time like this, maybe that's why they're a rising country.

[@jakeli4127]

Man, because China is rising and becoming a imagined threat. They have to do this while the Chinese government doesn't have worldwide media channel.

[@YedolfWesler]

This man is brave AF.

[@leons.kennedy6710]

Investigative journalists in China are extremely brave.

[@lvl5969]

This baijiu is to China what vodka is to Russia... it's not cheap at all, prices can range from USD 100 to 20,000. Sotheby's just sold a crate of moutai for 1 million pounds.

[@delatroy]

@sneksnekitsasnek castrol?

[@rockeerockey6941]

Gumout carb & fuel injector cleaner, in the same plastic bottle

[@yixie6830]

this shit is hard currency like gold lol... tbh it just tastes like watered down Erguotou(cheapest baijiu)

[@thomasstack4119]

@sneksnekitsasnek that’s not even baijiu…

[@thomasstack4119]

@sneksnekitsasnek it’s really hard to say what is ‘better’ when you’re talking about entirely different liquors- but when it comes to good whiskey I’ll generally stick to the Scotch, Irish, and US stuff.

[@coincollector542]

moutai is not the most valuable company in china lmao

[@jp4431]

Yup. Technically it's the most valuable publicly traded non-technology company

[@xzybit1984]

This statement was so ridiculous that I stopped watching the documentary there. The biggest bank in China is also the world's biggest bank.

[@user-vv7ir1pl4j]

It’s crazy they could at least make it more convincing

[@xzybit1984]

@@user-vv7ir1pl4j I even don't trust the translation now.

[@rutgerius123]

It's currently valued at about 500 billion, making it comparable in value to Apple in 2018. I have no idea where they got the idea that Mautai was larger than the Industrial and Commercial bank of China, which is valued at 4.91 trillion dollars. While Mautai has risen drastically in value, Mautai isn't even close to any of the chinese banks. Kinda dissappointed in DW here, this episode felt poorly researched and didn't actually tell me anything new edit: the animations are very opinionated as well, I was expecting more neutral and fact based reporting

[@fredericodal1278]

like all the finest liquors, you store it in plastic bottles

[@gk8644]

No, these are porcelean bottles

[@OG_BlackBazooka]

@Mr E 😂😂😂

[@RomeoMike22]

@Mr E he doesn't need warning

[@omniminokyo2]

@Mr E you get the fake Maotai if you have a plastic one. Most likely you BSing and pretending to act like you drank Maotai before

[@lamrof]

Western bashing of China video. The west is itching in frustration, China advances to rule the world.

[@chilluout]

Imagine being so propagandist that you start labelling certain flavours of alcohol "Communist".

[@Danger_d0351]

Story: soldiers stole the liquor Ccp history guy: thEY BOUght iT 🥴

[@hufrags]

Here we go again. Cant DW just pin Gordon Chan he would at least give a time line of the collapse of Moutai.

[@thomasstack4119]

What kind of career would he have if he gave dates to be proven wrong again and again? 😂

[@thomasstack4119]

@Tom Smith most people who are even sightly educated on Sino-US relations don’t take him all too seriously- in the US or elsewhere.

[@everythingisfine9988]

I like this reporter 👍 we can use him in America to help root out corrupt officials here.

[@aaronfisher5989]

Shhhh ping pong will here you

[@aaronfisher5989]

Honestly, The fact a liquor company is bigger then a bank is consistant with every other form of chemical oppression.

[@paulchristensen2854]

Reporters like this are in every country.....except for N Korea and some few others.

[@rockeerockey6941]

@@aaronfisher5989 AKA, Xi Xi Pooh

[@charliepayne4033]

Every country has curuption it's in human nature

[@radiack123]

yeah right Mao's soldiers "payed" for it

[@jasonwang1572]

DW is speaking Maotai's high prices and it is all about corrupt and communist, however, MB and BMW also sells a lot of overprice cars in China and DW thinks nothing wrong with that

[@tianyicai6482]

DW is owned by America, it is the barking dog of the U.S

[@AClericalRhino]

It looks like a bottle of brake cleaner. Who designed it?

[@Robopi3.14]

I hope nothing bad happens to the journalist dude.

[@trunkdk]

Naw he’s fine. A lot of what he actually said were cut off by DW report. They only like to edit and keep the “corrupted” part.

[@Robopi3.14]

@@trunkdk how do u know?

[@trunkdk]

@@Robopi3.14 You see all the time on BBC reports. DW is just a German version of BBC.

[@Robopi3.14]

@@trunkdk that doesn't prove anything tho

[@evan8654]

@@trunkdk lol not it's not

[@hsutahsi]

Two powerful countries exchange "the values" from each other

[@BigGrease1]

yeah, more like we exchange our money and values for cheap crap..

[@leonardpearlman4017]

Long ago I worked in a Chinese kitchen, and once got the chance to sit down and drink a little of this with two old chefs. They said something like "oh sit down, have some wine". I had no idea, and in all innocence I thought "well, I like wine, that sounds nice" and knocked off a little cup full. I felt like I had been shot! It was hard to breathe for a minute... so the chefs laughed, and said something like "It takes a long time to learn how to drink this (thirty years I think), so you better get started and gave me another. This was before KZbin and all, nobody knew anything about Chinese food or drink. It turned out that the word "wine" covered a lot of ground, which everyone knows NOW. I get the impression that drinking in China is much cheaper than here, it's common to see little open air restaurants that seem to have hundreds of bottles of liquor on the shelves, and a table will have five or six bottles on it. I can't imagine having a bunch of hard liquor with breakfast! People might have been like that in America a hundred or even two hundred years ago!

[@Hoffy478]

Using Maotai to bribe isn't really true in most cases, it just happens to appear at the scene of "lobbying". Consider that the liquor is just less than $40 a bottle 15years ago. You can't really bribe somebody even with hundreds of bottles. Nowadays, the price is much higher, and buy one to entertain your guess is actually a gesture to show respect (even though many Chinese doesn't really like its taste). Another fact about liquor is that when you are forced to drink a lot. Maotai(and most other brands from that town) would not make you feel headaches or Hangovers.

[@_M_D_M_]

Am sure Drunken Master wouldn't be drinking a Moutai while training Jackie Chan.

[@casperislamicus]

Jackie Chan is the CCP mascot, so I'm actually pretty sure he would.

[@loosabarba6920]

Where we go again, you can’t get permission to film inside Maotai factory so you find a poorly managed private distillery with dirty floor and rusty windows. Good one actually.

[@Borals]

+$.50

[@krishnansrinivasan830]

I liked the graphical representation of Liquor Parliament in the end :)

[@husha6372]

It’s like the Russians with Vodka

[@nawwk79]

Journalist walks into Moutai factory: Journalist: Hi, I'm here to do a story about your company Moutai: Ok sure. But before that, try some of our quality drinks. 30 mins later.... Journalist: Whyeee... you bottle lokk lik detergent.... I shou... call my ex tell her I love herrr....

[@孙景涛]

The history of Moutai predates communism for a long time. Moutai is 135 years earlier than the birth of Jesus. The earliest records involving Moutai in ancient Chinese books can be traced back to 135 BC, and today it has a history of 2157 years. In its long history of existence, it has been used as a court wine for more than 1,400 years.

[@vivalapalestine7235]

I’m surprised that guy wasn’t arrested for speaking out

[@eyenamaste1910]

Soon very soon after this docu

[@JR-vc4gm]

Watch less westerns propaganda against the rest of the world.

[@user-vv7ir1pl4j]

It’s cus he’s probably not even Chinese this vid is mostly propaganda

[@bingxu2173]

Because China is not that you imagined

[@polaroidandroidjeff6383]

@@bingxu2173 that sounds like bot talk

[@ajayrao015]

News a few weeks from now : " Chinese investigative journalist who published a documentary film along with an American documentary channel goes missing "

[@DakkuLanthu]

American?

[@BKKNOW1]

I was thinking the same Chinese journalist goes missing after making a documentary, about some overpriced rice whiskey.

[@yaqiwang5242]

He might be not happy about this video, who knows.

[@pamelas1002]

DW is run by the German government

[@ajayrao015]

Correction - German state owned documentary channel *

[@PM2024-]

“Most valuable company.” Sure. Let’s see the books 📚 another ‘Luckin Coffee’ 💰

[@LuchadorMasque]

Vladimir putins holdings are the world's most valuable company

[@stevenliu4849]

Maotai has been there for thousend years. It is the best liquid in China. Maybe there is bubbles in the stock price but it is definitely not another luckin coffee.

[@zuzkarory]

Hello there's more than a billion people who live there. So yeah a lot of people buying the product....idiot

[@cheyennes654]

Money is fake, ink on paper !!!😂😂😂

[@LostTouristOfficial]

Fact of the matter is, this bottle cost £90 in China and sells in the uk for £450! Bring a bottle back for investment purposes.

[@mapletibits6372]

When I saw the video on the front page, first thought came to mind: has China's national drink, baijiu (Chinese Spirit), finally going to get the spotlight now as Vodka did for Russia, Sake for Japan, Beer for Germany? Boy, thanks DW for free advertising Moutai...don't forget there is also Wuliangye, Luzhou Liaojiao, Laobaigan, etc.

[@factspoken9062]

yes and many more that party official of "communist" country drink when the 50 percent of the population live on one meal a day. Isn't the comrades supposed to have equal standard of living? according to the " constipation" I mean constitution

[@bayouadlane1725]

@@factspoken9062 50 percent of the population live on one meal a day!!!! The hell you're getting your information from?

[@mapletibits6372]

@@factspoken9062 Where did you get the data of 50% of the 1.4 billion living on one meal a day? It sounds like something all the way back in 60s...I would like to see this information please.

[@factspoken9062]

@@mapletibits6372 way back in 1960s due to ccp's man made famine in China, after Mao's "Great" leap backward, more than 45 million chinese citizen died of stravation. Which means people didnt have one meal in weeks.

[@mapletibits6372]

@@factspoken9062 I am asking sir for the source of the information you said 50% of 1.4 billion living on one meal a day, not the great famine post great leap forward, that is 50 years ago, at a time China GDP was inconsequential in the world. Now it sits at no.2 economy so where do you get the info about 50% living on one meal?

[@dongyuewen]

My mum used to cook one kind of green leaves with this wine a long ago when the price was not so high. The dish tasted amazing with this wine. It’s one of my favourite veg dish. Mum had to switch to other wines now.

[@zollen123]

The price of Mautai = Corruption Index.

[@jakemoreau3679]

Bottle looks like lighter fluid

[@james7286]

In Indonesia the first foreign factory we expropriate from the Dutch is also alcohol factory (Heineken) and call it "Bintang" which means "star" :D

[@james7286]

@Ernest Khalimov I hope we will achieve that status soon! :D

[@james7286]

@Ernest Khalimov it's okay, if the people of my country can enjoy such prosperity, I don't mind getting hate crimed 🤣

[@annoyedaussie3942]

That's interesting.

[@mindob766]

"They were honest, they paid for it" knowing the red army I don't think that is true😐

[@kenansabic2901]

Red army?

[@fubytv731]

What's the purpose of packaging it in motor oil/cleaning product containers?

[@pragueexpat5106]

Chinese alcohol products are usually packaged like this, I guess they have completely different sense of aesthetics or just don't care.

[@deejiwahine]

Cause it tastes like it

[@gj9544]

Dude I swear the first time I saw this I thought it was a bottle of dish soap 😂

[@LenaLena-ui1pk]

no, definitely no to any chinese products, for al ong time, as much as possible.

[@kevinwesh3374]

I have not had a drink as good as this in china.. Just make sure to eat while sipping on the drink. I love how one has to shed tears when it's your fist time drinking it.😋

[@asianbomb47]

@2:46 research assistant at Central Committee's Party History Institute appears to be wearing a Patek Phillippe Nautilus, a watch whose list price is around 35k USD and market value at well over $ 100k USD. yep that sounds like the CCP.

[@daalv8016]

Probably made in China!

[@dtempst9462]

Well spotted!

[@aannddrroommaann]

That's not a patek but a piaget polo more like a 5k USD watch that's easily available below retail most of the times!

[@18matts]

It's so odd seeing this journalism in China from this point of view. Interesting

[@sinclair2469]

for such a wanted/pricey product, the factory looks like absolute shit

[@jimmylam9846]

It doesn't matter you could afford it...Go have your beer !

[@truongchau56]

@@jimmylam9846 hmm, about 300 euros for a top range bottle; that's about the price of a good bottle of cognac or whiskey.

[@nehcooahnait7827]

I don’t see why a barn needs to be decorated with marble walls and marble floors

[@killa9609]

Very interesting point. Actually that factory isn’t that shit, DW make it looks like shit.😎

[@avgastas1515]

Not the factory

[@landru303]

A cheap bottle of vodka gives you the same feeling

[@levelazn]

But not the prestige

[@hi2ravi]

The white bottle looks like toilet cleaning liquid. Haha.

[@cryptogenie01]

Hhhahaah

[@SS-eu2ef]

@Chin Heat can't u take a fuckin joke , he juz said what it is , it does look like drain cleaner in that plastic white bottle, there's nothing insulting he juz said what it looks like , goddamnit chill man

[@hi2ravi]

@Chin Heat Haha. Like you know cleaning. We buy twice the volume of cleaners than China.

[@nolan6137]

This journalist has balls of steel.

[@kevinbelho115]

Now this is what I call the "spirit of communism"

[@jd.3246]

Ein Gespenst geht um

[@bossel]

Savory taste? Baijiu is more like the aftertaste when you puked.

[@haoxus9413]

Everyone has their preference, some might say gin or vodka taste like puke Some might say beer is like piss They all taste great to me, so does baijiu You have to respect different perspectives man

[@ETS186]

Utterly disgusting

[@kmann100500]

@@haoxus9413 Some people like to eat literal shit, do I have to respect that?

[@thomasstack4119]

The cheap convenience store stuff perhaps… maotai is not that.

[@newerfor]

Have to say, this episode is full of false/misleading information, here are a few: 1. Moutai used for bribe: it’s true 20 years ago, but nowadays officials actually not willing to accept due to the risk. 2. Moutai is store of value: Maybe stock, but not wine, anybody been to restaurants knowing they offer in store only drink which is way cheaper than bottled ones.

[@JJ-Toreddie]

If a Chinese businessman gifted Moutai to an American businessman would that be a insult or compliment?

[@AN474-e1o]

Probably an insult since it's basically drain cleaner.

[@Sporrt.P]

I have one unopened moutai from the 70s

[@markymark8]

I don't trust the opinion of anybody who says the word "like" so often.

[@vincentdesun]

Well, the bias is so obvious they wouldn't at least disguise it in the title.

[@Diomedes99]

They also have a monopoly on alcohol production rights.

[@BALAJU139]

Was anyone on edge like me when they almost over poured the drink in that shot glass 😅 but stopped right when it was full 😍 and than wonder whether you would spill the drink from the glass if you tried drinking it 😅

[@yugiunboxer888]

She said “bijing”

[@ruoyuli1241]

So the guy takes some pictures…what corruption did he really exposed? Also, correction: even tho Moutai did well on the stock market, the most valuable company is still the big tech like Alibaba.

[@Trgn]

It's typical western media. You expect them to present evidences is like telling them to expose their own lies

[@rafaecreatesedu]

Before watching I believed it was normal alcohol, like 70% alcohol

[@michaelshen7977]

Moutai is the key to open doors, but girls and cash is more important.

[@octaviews]

It has 53% Alcohol and it costs up to $400 for a 50cl bottle.

[@mapi576]

How could this liquor be the, "world's most valuable alcohol brand". When I'm sure most of the world outside China drink's it, or, even hear of it.

[@uncleho3085]

Chinas size.... Chinas population is 1444 million Europes population is 743 million It is a huge country

[@mapi576]

@@uncleho3085 India's population is 1.366 billion (2019) ... China's 1.398 billion (2019) ...

[@uncleho3085]

@@mapi576 ok i stand corrected its almost 1.4 billion that is twice the size of europe.

[@mapi576]

@@uncleho3085 Africa's population is 1.34 billion ...

[@uncleho3085]

@@mapi576 Bhutan has a population of 763000. Whats your point

[@lvi8957]

That green bote with the red star.. Looks like a bottle of HEINEKEN.

[@PhoenlxA]

The stories/history behind big brands are all the same. Chiquita Hugo Boss Monsantos VW Nestle.......

[@zetajolyne3689]

RMB 1499/bottle, 232 dollar or 196 euro, compared with other high-end wines/spirits in the world, this price is very cheap

[@dedarahmed1091]

They just paying for the brand name and not really for the drink as this drink used to be a poor man's drink

[@JPAnor]

too bad they re paying for brand only. It tastes like absolute shit

[@LuchadorMasque]

6:49 this is how Bombay sapphire is made in London. Its not unique to china

[@selkissun6270]

Learn something everyday

[@MineCrafterCity]

Never heard of it, cant be that important then.

[@SilkCrown]

The part about there being a famine due to "experimental" farm collectivization is completely wrong. Collectivization in its own right did not significantly reduce agricultural output in China, and was actually expanded during the economic boom under Deng Xiaoping. Privation under Mao was mostly due to the fact that a large portion of agricultural products were being sent to other countries to pay off debt (to Russia), to be sold for cash to exchange for heavy industrial manufacturing equipment and military hardware, or being given away to other communist countries to curry diplomatic favors and promote Maoism. Actual causes of reduced agricultural output under Mao include Lysenkoism, the Four Pests Campaign, and the initial mass slaughter of animals peasants engaged in to avoid giving their herds to the collectives.

[@yungxshikaku666]

well that and all the farmers were forced to forge iron and steel for most of their work day instead of tending to their crops.

[@ComradeCatpurrnicus]

The packaging looks like a container of motor oil.

[@Caoderrick]

Can’t say that I’m not impressed, by the fact that you could always find an angel to paint China black.

[@_vae]

$0.50

[@张小光-v5m]

This wine is too expensive for me to buy😅