Chong (seventh from left) and other guests toasting during the awards dinner ceremony at Chuai Heng Banquet Hall in Kuala Lumpur. — LOW LAY PHON/The Star
MALAYSIA plays a strategic role in bridging Chinese and South-East Asian markets in the trade of Chinese alcoholic beverages like baijiu.
Initiatives include the “Taste of China: The 2025 Belt and Road International Wine and Spirits Competition” at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre, which was held for the first time outside China since it started in 2015.