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“CHINA has begun to enter the age of mass car consumption. This is a great and historic advance.” So proclaimed the state-run news agency, Xinhua, last year. Environmentalists may feel a twinge of fear at this burgeoning romance with motoring. But a rapid social and economic transformation is under way in urban China, and the car is steering it.
In 2002 demand for cars in China soared by 56%, far more than even the rosiest projections. The next year growth quickened to 75%, before slowing in 2004 (when the government tightened rules on credit for car purchases) to around 15%. But in a sluggish global market, China’s demand remains mesmerising. Few expect this year’s growth to dip below 10%. As long as the economy goes on galloping at its current high-singledigit clip, many expect car sales to increase by 10-20% annually for several years to come."
The Economist, June 4th 2005.
The passage says that the demand for cars in China
was extremely high both in 2003 and 2004.
is still quite impressive.
may dip below 10% this year.
fell by 15% when bank lending rules were tightened in 2004.
has been badly hit by the sluggish global market
Gabarito:
is still quite impressive.