Tsingtao is more than one beer. The best tasting Tsingtao I get is from the village; it come in 600ml bottles instead of 500 and is the cheapest at 3 yuan. i shouldn't really say the best as that is different for all of us.

Of course, that's the case! Goes for Snow Beer and Harbin Beer too.

There's no point us arguing about the merits or demerits of Chinese beer. What you haven't mentioned is that whenever the Chinese beer is in a clear bottle, it's a better brew. Of course, it'll cost more. However, it'll be cheaper and better than similarly-priced foreign imports, as a rule.

I'm on Snow Beer at 1.7 RMB/big bottle presently. Clearly, pricewise, it's gonna be damned hard for anyone to convince me to shell out the likes of 12 rmb/can of imported ale.

As for wines, I was NEVER a winedrinker back home, so I'm missing nowt here in China in that respect.