china: news and opinion

Chinese still buying cars - fuel efficient ones

By Adrienne Mong, NBC News Producer GUANGZHOU, Guangdong Province – Seeing the jostling crowds at the Guangzhou auto show, it seems hard to believe that car sales have slowed in China. Over two sprawling levels of a convention center here, flashy spor... ...full story at NBC World Blog

from NBC World Blog on Fri, Nov 21 2008

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