China car market booming after rapid Covid recovery

摘要

Car sales are set for return to 2019 levels and Chinese brands are eyeing expansion. Bustling halls and stands packed with new metal: the 2021 Shanghai motor show had it all. Indeed, right down to that fast-emerging staple of any major car event: a huge controversy over Tesla, this one sparked by a disgruntled buyer's protests. Hard though it is to imagine on Europe's bumpy road in and out of lockdowns, the car industry isn't merely back on its feet in China but thriving.