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Probably many came across the widespread sentence: do not believe any statistic that you haven’t forged yourself. It is commonly attributed to Winston Churchill, while in fact, or better to say: in Wikipedia\u2019s terms (https:\/\/de.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Liste_gefl\u00fcgelter_Worte\/T#Traue_keiner_Statistik,_die_du_nicht_selbst_gef\u00e4lscht_hast.) there seems to be no evidence, and it may even be that it is a somewhat \u201canti-Churchillian sentence\u201d. Already the fact that the attribution is not entirely clear shows the problematique \u2013 and as much as this discussion is about numbers, it may be that the same holds true for words, and more specifically on may say:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do not trust any information before you undertook thorough research, also investigating contexts. Unfortunately, today\u2019s media(-moguls) \u201coffer\u201d questionable working conditions for journalists, making them dependent on search engines, web-searches, and everything that is out there and easily accessible (paraphrasing Marx, many journalists are free in the double sense, not having a proper job and being allowed to publish what they want as long as they do not attract the attention of the courts). And \u2013 for instance \u2013 they pick up some \u201cinfo\u201d and publish stories about the markets being flooded by Chinese cars. Well, poor German car manufacturers \u2013 though the reality is sobering. According to statista\u2019s Daily data<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PKW-Neuzulassungen chinesischer Automarken in Deutschland 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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https:\/\/de.statista.com\/infografik\/31635\/pkw-neuzulassungen-chinesischer-automarken-in-deutschland-2023<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If we read in the adjunct info text – https:\/\/de.statista.com\/infografik\/31635\/pkw-neuzulassungen-chinesischer-automarken-in-deutschland-2023<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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China ist der mit Abstand gr\u00f6\u00dfte Produzent von Kraftfahrzeugen<\/a>. Im Jahr 2022 wurden etwa 23,84 Millionen Personenkraftwagen und knapp 3,2 Millionen Nutzfahrzeuge gefertigt. Insgesamt ist China damit f\u00fcr knapp ein Drittel der weltweiten Kraftfahrzeugproduktion verantwortlich<\/a>. Im Bereich der Pkw lag der Anteil sogar noch h\u00f6her – 2022 wurden 38,7 Prozent aller Personenkraftwagen in China hergestellt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vor allem im Bereich der Elektromobilit\u00e4t verzeichneten die chinesischen Hersteller zuletzt gro\u00dfe Fortschritte und stellen eine zunehmende Konkurrenz f\u00fcr die etablierten Hersteller dar. So wuchs zum Beispiel der Absatz des Herstellers BYD Auto zuletzt von rund 713.000 Einheiten im Jahr 2021 auf rund 1,8 Millionen im Jahr 2022<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It may be worthwhile to confront the figures of production with the population: the population of China, compared to other countries, and to consider as well those countries that do not have any care industry, depend on imports and produce \u201cown cars\u201d by assembling models of different origin (then often for \u201cexport\u201d).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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So, had the mistake had been unveiled? More recently, it is not the import of cars from China anymore; threatening is now the import of parts \u2013 another dubious presentation in actually at least two ways:<\/p>\n\n\n\n