>“Production volume is decreasing, so dispatch contracts are terminated in line with that,” the spokesperson said of the employees, hired through dispatch agencies, at Honda’s venture with China’s state-owned Guangzhou Automobile Group.
Least convoluted employment relationship, maybe ever
For Toyota at least it sounds like they’re cutting older models. Really hope the Yaris keeps on trucking!
Anyway, I’ve always been a bit surprised at how well Japanese products sell in China; the Japanese did not treat them particularly well for nearly half a century of colonialism to put it mildly
Then again, French, British, and American products are all popular there too, so maybe they hold grudges less than I would
Chinese younger people are heavily into Japanese culture. And a reliable car is a reliable car.
Sure they don’t like Japanese war memorials honoring war criminals and Japanese claims on remote islands and some will set some Japanese cars on fire if they think the government will let them to protest that. But they’ll happily watch a Japanese anime the week after.
However combustion engine cars are getting obsolete fast. A reliable car that is not allowed in cities and whom’s manufacturer might go broke in 2 years is not so interesting any longer.
>“Production volume is decreasing, so dispatch contracts are terminated in line with that,” the spokesperson said of the employees, hired through dispatch agencies, at Honda’s venture with China’s state-owned Guangzhou Automobile Group.
Least convoluted employment relationship, maybe ever
For Toyota at least it sounds like they’re cutting older models. Really hope the Yaris keeps on trucking!
Anyway, I’ve always been a bit surprised at how well Japanese products sell in China; the Japanese did not treat them particularly well for nearly half a century of colonialism to put it mildly
Then again, French, British, and American products are all popular there too, so maybe they hold grudges less than I would
I think there is a love hate relationship.
The war was a long time ago.
Chinese younger people are heavily into Japanese culture. And a reliable car is a reliable car.
Sure they don’t like Japanese war memorials honoring war criminals and Japanese claims on remote islands and some will set some Japanese cars on fire if they think the government will let them to protest that. But they’ll happily watch a Japanese anime the week after.
However combustion engine cars are getting obsolete fast. A reliable car that is not allowed in cities and whom’s manufacturer might go broke in 2 years is not so interesting any longer.