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Q: What is the legal age to drink here in China?
Anybody know what the legal age is to consume alcoholic beverages in China is? And if the person that is underage and is caught drinking an alcoholic beverage what sort of penalty do they get if they are caught?
12 years 2 days ago in Visa & Legalities - China
Why aren't you old enough to drink?. i doubt any store would ask a kid who a bottle is for and who would bother to call a cop if a kid bought something. Maybe if the kid stold it, someone might object.
GuilinRaf:
Not even then!
The s hop where I bought my beer in Guilin , the one who often sold me my beer was a n 8 year old kid. Grandpa was too busy playing cards...
i dont know exactly i will ask a friend who is a lawyer thn i am gonna post tht here
what legal age man this is just a dumb one i say Google it i mean they shit on the streets and burn garbage for fun and there age of consent is 14 i think the day you hold the class is the day you start drinking i mean what cop would even bother with it.
from where i am i've seen must be older than 17 years old in pool halls , as its a licensed venue may officially be 17. But my guess is it differs from province.
The "legal" drinking age is 18, but it is never enforced. It is very common for parents to give their children wine at large or family dinners and it is common to see students as young as 13 at a bar drinking with their teachers. Convenience stores will also sell alcohol to anyone who wants it.
I'M CHINESE , THERE IS NO SUCH LAW SAID ITS ILLEGAL FOR CHILDREN TO DRINK WINE, BUT IT SAYS YOU CAN'T SELL WINE TO CHILDREN.... AND IN FACT, CHILDREN CAN GET WINE ANY WHERE THEY WANT. PEOPLE DON'T CARE, PARENTS WILL GIVE THEIR CHILDREN WINE DURING MEAL. IT IS VERY NORMAL IN CHINA, NO BIG DEAL.
I STARTED DRINKING BEER WHEN I WAS A KID. NO BODY WOULD EVER JUDGE YOU FOR THAT. ITS PART OF OUR CULTURE.
aroberts42:
Bonita, no need to yell. And please see my comment above. It *is* the law that the legal drinking age is 18, but it isn't *enforced.*
bonita8187:
show me the law because i'm pretty sure there is no drinking age. The law say you can't sell to minors. and chill i'm not yelling.
