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...over Hyundai?the next automotive upstart that takes the wheel in the U.S. will probably be Chinese. In Detroit this week, a small company called Geely (pronounced Jee-lee) will be the first Chinese automaker to display a car at the North American International Auto Show. Unveiling the compact sedan, whose name translates as Free Cruiser, is a bit of a stunt since Geely may be a couple of years away from shipping products to the U.S. Yet the company has big plans, aiming to export 1.3 million vehicles worldwide, including small sedans for less than...
...Chery unveiled a convertible with a retractable hardtop, designed by Italy's Pininfarina studio, that won the award for best new car. Yale Zhang, an industry analyst in Shanghai with CSM Worldwide, an automotive consulting firm, says he expects Chery to begin exporting a minivan and a four-door sedan next year. Chery recently cleared two hurdles: settling a law-suit with GM over charges that it ripped off a design from GM's Daewoo subsidiary, and agreeing to find a new name for North American models?since Chery sounds like Chevy, GM had threatened to press the matter...
...lately, and logistics costs should decrease as China's transport infrastructure improves. Last year Honda became the first foreign automaker to set up a major export operation, shipping a compact to Europe from a plant in Guangdong's special, duty-free zone. Chrysler plans to build its 300-model sedan in Beijing for domestic sale and possible export (although not to North America, where autoworkers would probably object). GM and Volkswagen export small quantities too, such as Chevy Venture minivans to the Philippines and Polo compact cars to Australia. A Chinese supplier, Wanxiang Group, is reportedly even negotiating...
...into the muddy, bloody streets of 17th century Madrid. It's a poor but proud city where tempers run high and everybody is ready to stab and/or shoot one another at the drop of a plumed, foppish hat and where a woman has just been found strangled in her sedan chair, along with a pouch of coins and a note that reads, "For Masses for your soul...
...letters for constituents, advising them and so on. They went into the constituencies with our M.P.s, to see how it works. And they asked, "How do you do this? How do you create this?" In their [system], the high-ranking cadre is on a pedestal, traditionally in a curtained sedan chair. They're trying to nurture a new generation of cadres to model themselves differently. Yes, they can pick up pointers from us, but they cannot change the "magistrate-in-the-sedan-chair" culture so easily...