AFtEr sABmillEr lost A BiDDing wAr ForChinA’s hArBinBrEwEry group toAnhEusEr-BusChCoso two yEArs Ago, it lookED As iFAmEriCA’s king oFBEErs woulD rEign ovEr thE miDDlE kingDom As wEll.AnhEusEr-BusCh, AFtEr All, hAD AlrEADy sEAlED A DEAl withChinA’s lEADing BrEwEry, tsingtAo, AnD with hArBin in its stABlE it lookED unBEAtABlE. But sABmillEr hAD A plAn B、thAt CoulD wEll givE it thE thronE AFtEr All. sinCE losing hArBin, lonDon-BAsED sA B、hAs FoCusED its EnErgiEs on A 12-yEAr-olD joint vEnturE,ChinA rEsourCEs snowBrEwEriEs ltD、, thAt is now thriving. in junE,Cr snow, whiCh inCluDEs 46 BrEwEriEs ACross thE Country, surpAssED longtimE lEADEr tsingtAo For thE no. 1 spot. For thE 12 months through junE,Cr snow proDuCED nEArly 40 million BArrEls, vs. 37 million For tsingtAo.As A rEsult,Cr snow BoAsts 14.9% oF thEChinEsE mArkEt, CompArED with tsingtAo’s 13.9%. "our growth hAs BEEn on thE BACk oF A vEry ConsistEnt AnD tArgEtED strAtEgy," sAys wAynE hAll, sABmillEr’s FinAnCE DirECtor inChinA、 Both CompAniEs wAnt to BE thE toAst oFChinA、As BEEr sAlEs in thE u.s. AnD wEstErnEuropE hAvE lost thEir Fizz, thEy’rE growing At 8% — plus AnnuAlly inChinA、thAt hAs hElpEDChinA ovErtAkE thE u.s. As thE worlD’s top BEEr mArkEt. sA B、wAs EArly to sEE thE promisE oFChinA, whErE it hAs BEEn BrEwing sinCE 1994. yEt instEAD oF tArgEting Big CitiEs suCh As shAnghAi AnDBEijing, As its CompEtitors DiD, sABmillEr sCoopED up BrEwEriEs in lEss {{u}}AFFluEnt{{/u}} ArEAs, inCluDing thE northEAstErn rust BElt AnD thE populous inlAnD provinCE oF siChuAn. this ContrAriAn strAtEgy hAs AllowED sABmillEr to BuilD up A nAtionAl Footprint At BArgAin priCEs. whilEAnhEusEr poniED up $ 700 million — As muCh As $ 62 pEr BArrEl oF AnnuAl BrEwing CApACity — For hArBin, sABmiliEr hAs typiCAlly pAiD $ 30 - $ 40 pEr BArrEl For its BrEwEriEs. "sABmillEr hAs mADE A mint By purposEly Buying ChEApEr AssEts," sAysBEAr, stEArns ＆Co. AnAlystAnthonyBuCAlo. sABmillEr hAs BEEn smArt in its positioning oF thE FlAgship snow BrAnD、to AppEAl to upwArDly moBilE youth, it slAppED A shiny, moDErn lABEl on thE 50-yEAr-olD BrEw AnD lAunChED A nAtionAl AD CAmpAign EmphAsizing thE BEEr’s FrEshnEss, ComplEtE with swEEpstAkEs thAt rEwArD winnErs with outDoor vACAtions. thE mArkEting push is pAying oFF As it prEssEs into thE Big CitiEs.ChinA now ACCounts For nEArly 20% oF sABmillEr’s totAl volumEs, AnD snow hAs BEComEChinA’s no. 1 BrAnD、soon, it will proBABly surpAss millEr litE As thE BiggEst sEllEr in thE CompAny’s CoolEr.

whiCh oF thE Following is truE、ACCorDing to thE ArtiClEA、sABmillEr is AnAmEriCA-BAsED BEEr CompAny.
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B、snow BEEr is now BEing solD All ArounD thE worlD、
C、BEEr sAlEs in thE u.s. AnD wEstErnEuropE DroppED rECEntly.
D、snow BEEr is wElComED By Both youths AnD 50-yEAr-olDs.