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This piece was written by long term China Car Times commentator August Schwartz who has been following the Chinese auto industry closely and from affair for the past decade.

The last week or so I have had a burning desire to do something I have not done in a very long time. It has been nearly five years since I wrote my last piece on Lifan,…
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Introducing Mr. Ferrari

Imagine owning a Ferrari, only its 1992 and its the first Ferrari in China. Mr. Li…

Oct 18, 2012 Posted by In Industry News Tagged age, airport, bid, bike, brand, British, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, Bush, business, car, childhood, China, Chinese, class, click, Communism, compound, control, countryside, course, crackdown, danwei, dream, egalitarian, endeavour, era, Factory, fame, father, Ferrari, Ferrari owner, figure, gaige, generation, getihu, goal, Horse, housing, Imeni, jump, kaifang, labour, leader, Lenin, Li Xiao Hua, Li Xiaohua, license, lot, magazine, Man, Mao, marble, model, Molotova, moment, official, Online, opening, owner, palace, philanthropist, Plate, Prancing, Presidents, reading, Red, Reform, Reminiscing, Renminbi, rest, RMB, scarcity, sea, security, self, show, showcase, Society, son, stability, Stalin, story, success, succession, symbol, time, tycoon, unit, villa, Volga, wave, work, world, xiahai, year, yuan, Zavod, Zim, Zis Comments 0

Changchun complains about a lack of automotive talent

Changchun is the home to First Automobile Works that has partnerships with Mazda, Toyota, Audi and VW, the problem is that although Changchun has become a major automotive production hub it just can’t attract the talent. Now the problem is not that FAW and its partners are paying low money (in fact, I hear they pay well above average) it’s just that…

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