Even Heinekens in China are not that expensive. It mainly comes down to Chinese not drinking beers in "hotels". Chinese usually drink as a part of a meal and th

Even Heinekens in China are not that expensive. It mainly comes down to Chinese not drinking beers in "hotels". Chinese usually drink as a part of a meal and the beers in a restaurant, even one attached to a hotel, are market price. But an actual bar at a hotel is mainly used for business meetings and such where you're mainly renting the real estate so the same beer can be 10x the price of 1 30m away sold by the same vendor.