BEIJING: A distillery in southwestern China is aiming to tap a growing taste among young Chinese for whiskey in place of the traditional baijiu liquor used to toast festive occasions.

The more than $100-million distillery owned by Pernod Ricard at the Unesco World Heritage site Mount Emei launched a pure-malt whiskey, The Chuan, earlier this month.

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