[aurareturn]

  Western companies have been basically shut out of the Chinese market since the beginning-even more is now.

Sometimes I wonder what people actually read to write something like that.

China is Mercedes' biggest market. Audi sells more cars in China than in all of Europe. Tesla is one of the top EV sellers in China.

It's actually the US who has shut off China's access to the US car market.

[google234123]

You mean “ Beijing Benz” which is owned 51% by china and makes their own cars too using the tech taken from Mercedes?