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How China dominates the car industry, leading Western manufacturers to imitate it
https://www.lemonde.fr/ ^ | April 23, 2025 | By Harold Thibault (Beijing (China) correspondent)

Posted on 05/02/2025 11:56:17 AM PDT by RomanSoldier19

The Shanghai auto show, which opened on Wednesday, highlights China's dominance in the global automotive industry, particularly in electric and smart vehicles.

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"Many people still have it in their minds that China makes plastic trinkets.

Meanwhile in 4 years they became the biggest auto exporter, with virtually all of those cars going to final destinations outside of the US.

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1 posted on 05/02/2025 11:56:17 AM PDT by RomanSoldier19
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To: RomanSoldier19

One reason is that for many years the other countries have higher tariffs on American made cars.


2 posted on 05/02/2025 12:04:25 PM PDT by Tell It Right (1 Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: RomanSoldier19

Meanwhile Washington straps America’s auto industry to an overwhelmingly lethal load of federal regulations.


3 posted on 05/02/2025 12:06:30 PM PDT by nagant ( )
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To: nagant

Lethal load of federal regulations.

BINGO

Bet they are on Trump’s swat list next.


4 posted on 05/02/2025 12:09:27 PM PDT by Vaduz
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To: RomanSoldier19

ROTFLMBO!!!


5 posted on 05/02/2025 12:14:54 PM PDT by griffin (When you have to shoot, SHOOT; don't talk. -Tuco)
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To: RomanSoldier19

You want to buy an exploding Chinese EV? Be my guest. Upholstered by Uighurs.


6 posted on 05/02/2025 12:16:40 PM PDT by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: RomanSoldier19
Propaganda Bravo Sierra
7 posted on 05/02/2025 12:18:08 PM PDT by griffin (When you have to shoot, SHOOT; don't talk. -Tuco)
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To: nagant

Don’t forget overreacting unions.


8 posted on 05/02/2025 12:41:37 PM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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To: RomanSoldier19

I don’t know anyone who owns a Chinese vehicle. Do you?


9 posted on 05/02/2025 1:04:48 PM PDT by Dalberg-Acton
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To: Dalberg-Acton

Last I checked, Buick Envision and Lincoln Nautilus are imported from China. Also some Volvos.


10 posted on 05/02/2025 1:12:57 PM PDT by jjotto ( Blessed are You LORD, who crushes enemies and subdues the wicked.)
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To: RomanSoldier19

Plastic trinket cars.

Even worse than US cars.


11 posted on 05/02/2025 1:21:58 PM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: Seruzawa

“Upholstered by Uighurs.”

Did you mean “by” or “with”?


12 posted on 05/02/2025 1:39:44 PM PDT by EandH Dad (sleeping giants wake up REALLY grumpy)
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To: EandH Dad

Excellent question. Perhaps both. Communists are perfectly capable of making leather from humans. That isn’t near the worst things they have done. Try a policy or raping and disemboweling the parents of VC troops who desert.


13 posted on 05/02/2025 1:58:24 PM PDT by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: Tell It Right

Everything from China has that weird smell. On one of my cruises there were a bunch of non-english speaking Chinese delegation on ship. I had to hold my nose when any of them were riding the elevator with me. Strong smell of mothballs and sweaty jackets.


14 posted on 05/02/2025 2:27:17 PM PDT by Bobbyvotes (I am in mid-80's and I am not gonna change my opinions.)
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To: Bobbyvotes

“Everything from China has that weird smell.”

You mean the “Chinese rubber” smell? It probably causes cancer.


15 posted on 05/02/2025 2:52:58 PM PDT by beef (The pendulum will not swing back. It will snap back. Hard.)
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To: beef

Only in California.


16 posted on 05/02/2025 3:14:40 PM PDT by cableguymn (Can't cancel all of us)
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To: cableguymn

Everything causes cancer in California.


17 posted on 05/02/2025 3:50:56 PM PDT by beef (The pendulum will not swing back. It will snap back. Hard.)
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To: beef

During covid era, I was worried about popping plastic packing bubbles coz it contained air from China.


18 posted on 05/02/2025 5:13:30 PM PDT by Bobbyvotes (I am in mid-80's and I am not gonna change my opinions.)
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