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Strategies & Market Trends : China Warehouse- More Than Crockery

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To: RealMuLan who wrote (2998)3/29/2004 2:41:49 PM
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ANALYSIS-War memories may limit Japan car makers in China
Reuters, 03.29.04, 12:24 AM ET

By Ben Blanchard and Chang-Ran Kim

SHANGHAI/TOKYO, March 29 (Reuters) - Olive Zhan loves her jet-black Nissan Bluebird, a car she says has never let her down.

But ask the 30-year-old businesswoman about Japan's brutal occupation of China which ended nearly 60 years ago, and her expression blackens.

"I must admit, I do feel guilty driving a Japanese car after what they did to us in the war," she said at a carpark in Shanghai. "I'll probably get a QQ next time," she added, referring to home-grown SAIC Chery's mini-car.

It's attitudes like this that some analysts say may scupper bold plans by Japanese car makers to conquer the Chinese market, where sales almost doubled to around two million cars in 2003 and look set to grow 40-50 percent this year.

forbes.com
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