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It has long<\/span> been said that visiting China<\/a> from the West is akin to landing in a parallel universe. Pick any major city and most aspects look and feel broadly familiar, yet the fundamentals are different. You can\u2019t hail an Uber<\/a> or use Google Maps<\/a> to get around, and your hotel TV won\u2019t have Netflix<\/a>. Instead, there\u2019s always a domestic alternative. One that is likely newer, bigger, quicker, and perhaps even better than what you\u2019re used to back home.<\/p>\n

And so to the Chinese car industry<\/a>, whose latest opportunity to scare the living daylights out of Europe and the US came at the Auto Shanghai motor show. Held at the world\u2019s second-largest exhibition space, the show saw more than 1,400 cars from 26 countries spread across 13 halls. Some 93 vehicles made their world debut in front of 1 million attendees. YouTubers would later upload whole-show walk-throughs with run times longer than Interstellar<\/em>.<\/p>\n

How many world debuts do you suppose took place at the 2024 Geneva International Motor Show? About a dozen. No wonder it was canceled<\/a> for 2025.<\/p>\n

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