| The Chinese middle class seems to love wine, and | | | | It would seem that Alcoholics Anonymous should |
| they've discovered all the best wines from all the | | | | have chapters all over China. In fact, in big cities like |
| various countries. Now many Chinese farmers due to | | | | Shanghai and Beijing they could probably have 1 million |
| drought situations are growing grapes, and soon they | | | | members or more. And in the rural areas, along with |
| will have more and more Chinese brands. There's only | | | | those areas where people work very hard in the |
| one problem with all this wine drinking in China, and | | | | factories all day it is the same story; there are |
| that is that the middle class that is never been able | | | | alcoholics, and alcohol is available everywhere. |
| to afford such things previously, can't seem to get | | | | Now that anyone can afford alcohol, more people are |
| enough. | | | | partaking in this liquid poison. It seems that every |
| "In walks the Chinese alcoholic" | | | | nation has their problems with drugs and alcohol. It |
| As our saga continues, more and more Chinese are | | | | seems that the human species enjoys getting into |
| drinking too much, and unfortunately more and more | | | | altered states of mind, and alcohol is just one of the |
| middle-class Chinese are also buying automobiles for | | | | ways to do this. |
| the first time. This is a deadly mix. You don't have to | | | | There is a drug problem in China, which is growing |
| tell Americans that, and everyone in Europe knows | | | | along with the income levels, but the alcohol problem |
| the drinking and driving is a no-brainer way to die or | | | | is getting worse, as China is starting to produce much |
| kill someone else. Still, this is a growing problem in | | | | more of its own alcohol, and it is importing more than |
| China. | | | | ever before. I hope you will please consider this. |