The EU’s China dilemma: how to counter Beijing without alienating friends

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The article describes the growing popularity of Chinese-made cars in Britain, highlighting the Chery Automobile Jaecoo 7 becoming the country’s bestselling car in September. It presents this consumer trend as part of the EU’s broader challenge of responding to China without alienating allies.

In September, the Jaecoo 7 – a budget SUV from China’s Chery Automobile – made headlines when it shifted more than 10,000 units to become Britain’s bestselling car. Christened the “Temu Range Rover” online, a nod to the cheap goods available on the Chinese online marketplace and the luxury 4X4 made by Jaguar Land Rover that it resembles, its success showed British drivers’ new-found taste for cut-price Chinese cars. Overall, 23 per cent of new cars bought in Britain last month were Chinese...