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* ''Baijiu'' ("white liquor"), the primary native alcohol of [[Useful Notes/China|China]]. The weakest ''baijiu'' is allowed to be is 40% ABV, or 80 proof (standard proof for most Western liquor); ''maotai'' (one of the more renowned forms) often clocks in at 53% (106 proof). Many other forms are 60% (120 proof), and a few forms, such as ''fenjiu'' and ''gaolangjiu''<ref>If you've seen [[Zhang Yimou]]'s first film, ''[[Red Sorghum]]'', this is what they're making at that distillery</ref> can get up to 63% or 65% (126-170 proof), at which point they are literally flammable. Westerners have [[It Tastes Like Feet|compared the flavor to that of jet fuel]] (although if said Westerners had previously visited Kenya and sampled the local ''changaa'', they might have a point). Suffice it to say that when it comes to drinking, the Chinese do not play games.