Asia-Pacific

Consumers lose taste for Tsingtao beer after video appears to show worker urinating into tank

Tsingtao, China’s second-biggest brewery and a major exporter, said it has contacted police

The JoongAng Daily newspaper in South Korea reported that a number of restaurants, most of which serve Chinese food, had applied for refunds on shipments of Tsingtao. Photograph: Future Publishing/Getty Images
The JoongAng Daily newspaper in South Korea reported that a number of restaurants, most of which serve Chinese food, had applied for refunds on shipments of Tsingtao. Photograph: Future Publishing/Getty Images
Justin McCurry in Tokyo
Wed Oct 25 2023 - 07:51

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