After all, rice wine is a traditional tonic fortifier that the Chinese have used since time immemorial, and it is also an essential everyday cooking ingredient. It is only because it happens to be made by distillation that it now has to be heavily taxed at the same rate as high-grade imported brandies and whiskies. There really is no justification for this.
探究起來，米酒，本來是千百年來中國人傳統的強身補品，是日常料理的必需品，只因為它是用蒸餾方式做的，就必須比照國外進口的 XO、威士忌，課上重稅，實在沒有道理。