Brazilians are going gaga for Chinese brands

https://www.straitstimes.com/opinion/brazilians-are-going-gaga-for-chinese-brands?ref=search-results

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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SoftBun@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 39d (2 replies)

Fernanda Lima and Rodrigo Hilbert are known as “Brazil’s favourite couple”.

Never heard of them.

inari@piefed.zip · 3 pts · 39d (1 reply)

Are you Brazilian? They're very well-known

SoftBun@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 38d

Are you Brazilian?

Yes

They're very well-known

Really? Guess I'm living under a rock then.

resipsaloquitur@lemmy.cafe · 4 pts · 39d (2 replies)

Great? Wind down all your domestic auto manufacturers and open the doors for CCP-subsidized cars.

inari@piefed.zip · 9 pts · 39d

There are no domestic automakers. They're all foreign, and Chinese brands are opening car plants in Brazil.

Ilixtze@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 39d

Cool now instead of a heavily subsidized tesla made by a nazi, i can have a heavily subsidized BYD made by a chinese.