Mijiu vs. Baijiu

A variety of Chinese rice wine, made from fermented glutinous rice and usually about 15–20% alcohol by volume.

Mijiu (Chinese: 米酒; pinyin: mǐjiǔ; Wade–Giles: mi-chiu; lit. 'rice wine') is a Chinese rice wine made from glutinous rice.

A clear Chinese distilled alcoholic beverage, generally distilled from sorghum and about 40-60% alcohol by volume.

Baijiu (Chinese: 白酒; pinyin: báijiǔ; lit. 'white (clear) liquor'), also known as shaojiu (烧酒/燒酒), is a colourless liquor typically coming in between 35% and 60% alcohol by volume (ABV).