Brazilians are going gaga for Chinese brands
Chinese brands have become ubiquitous in Brazil. Affluent Brazilians drive cars made by BYD, use phones made by Huawei, watch televisions produced by Hisense, and order meals with 99Food, a delivery app.
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Never heard of them.
Are you Brazilian? They're very well-known
Yes
Really? Guess I'm living under a rock then.
Great? Wind down all your domestic auto manufacturers and open the doors for CCP-subsidized cars.
There are no domestic automakers. They're all foreign, and Chinese brands are opening car plants in Brazil.
Cool now instead of a heavily subsidized tesla made by a nazi, i can have a heavily subsidized BYD made by a chinese.