• TenguBlade@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    Wow, companies without an inside line to the Chinese government are caught off-guard when the government changes its policies on private vehicle acquisition. Who’d have thought…

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      1 year ago

      Lol. Few car companies have as long standing and deep a relationship with the Chinese government than VW. They were literally the first Western car company approached as part of China’s economic reforms starting in the 80’s and VW and Audi’s were official government vehicles for more than 3 decades. Like imagine if US government vehicles were all Toyota’s instead of GM’s and Ford’s.

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      1 year ago

      when the government changes its policies on private vehicle acquisition

      What specific policies are you referring to here that was aimed at screwing VW?