Spotlight | China, East Africa
Via Foday, BAIC and JMC, Xi Jinping lets African presidents launch 'domestic' car brands

Uganda Automobile factories will soon produce nationally branded cars.
Uganda Automobile factories will soon produce nationally branded cars. © Sino-Uganda Mbale Industrial Park
China allows African countries where it has auto assembly plants to market vehicles wholly made from Chinese components as nationally manufactured. The continent's leaders are big fans of this kind of industrial sleight of hand. [...]
Published on 08.07.2020 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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