Taiwan ‘buys 20,400 bottles of Lithuanian rum rejected by China’

theguardian.com ^

[BenLurkin]

Taiwan’s government is sharing cocktail recipes with the public after it reportedly bought 20,400 bottles of Lithuanian rum bound for China amid a row between Vilnius and Beijing.

The state-owned Taiwan Tobacco and Liquor (TTL) said it made the purchase in December to support Lithuania after learning the shipment was going to be blocked by Chinese authorities.

“TTL stood up at the right time, purchased the rum and brought it to Taiwan,” the company said in a statement reported by the South China Morning Post. “Lithuania supports us and we support Lithuania – TTL calls for a toast to that.”

Lithuania is in an ongoing diplomatic dispute with Beijing, and has been hit with trade and other restrictions since it announced it would establish mutual diplomatic posts with Taiwan.

The South China Morning Post said Taiwan’s finance ministry, which wholly owns TTL, and the de facto ambassador to Lithuania, Eric Huang, had learned China was going to reject the shipment, and informed TTL.

[alexander_busek]

Lithuanian rum? Were they all out of Bahamian vodka?

They ran out of Singaporean scotch.

Regards,

[Tax-chick]

Thanks, that’s interesting.

[Enterprise]

Fifteen men on a China man's chest.
(Sum Tee Wong and a bottle of rum.)
We made Xi mad and we laugh at the jest
(Ho Lee Kow and a bottle of rum.)