This Day, That Year

Item from Nov 8, 1998, in China Daily: Unimaginable changes have taken place in Chinese drinking habits in the past two decades. Until recently, no one would have thought of buying drinking water at a store, but now China produces 1.8 million metric tons of mineral water for sale every year.

High-end bottled water are entering the lives of Chinese people and reshaping the country's beverage industry.

In supermarkets, consumers can find plenty of high-end bottled water brands, ranging from France's Evian to glacier mineral water from Tibet.