Imported spirits make up about 2% of the Chinese alcohol market, with baijiu a white spirit distilled from sorghum, wheat or rice representing half of the country's alcohol sales, according to Euromonitor, a data provider.

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Recent acquisitions for London-based Diageo have included ShuiJingFang, a maker of baijiu, a Chinese white spirit, as well as Mey Icki, in Turkey.

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According to officers, English, of no fixed abode, had a bottle of white spirit which he had spread around the flat, and he tried to set light to a sofa and a curtain.

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You can kayak, visit the local Gitga'at First Nations community, or go hiking in hopes of coming upon a white Kermode "spirit bear" (or not).

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In 2007, it bought a 43% stake in white-spirit producer Sichuan Chengdu Qianxing, which it later hiked to 49%.

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