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Re:Not a single car was sold in Shanghai last month by barry-cotter on Monday May 16, 2022 @08:40AM (#31396242)
Who could buy? Where could they buy from? There are people who’ve been in their apartments for over 40 days. The entire city has been locked in for over 30, barring some lucky people who’ve been allowed out for two hours a day in the past two weeks.
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Re:Not a single car was sold in Shanghai last month by kasey_junk on Monday May 16, 2022 @08:41AM (#31396258)
That’s the point of the article? It’s using car sales as a proxy for how tight the lockdown has been.
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Re:Not a single car was sold in Shanghai last month by discordance on Monday May 16, 2022 @08:45AM (#31396287)
Yes, it's clear why this has happened, but China is so important across many industries and this is one clear example data point.

The interesting question (IMHO) is what are the ramifications from this for companies, jobs, the economy, both locally and internationally, across all industries.

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Re:Not a single car was sold in Shanghai last month by greenglass on Monday May 16, 2022 @10:37AM (#31398011)
Not good it seems: https://www.reuters.com/world/china/chinas-economy-cools-sha...
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Re:Not a single car was sold in Shanghai last month by Ensorceled on Monday May 16, 2022 @08:50AM (#31396346)
That's literally the first line of the article ... "For evidence of just how tight Shanghai’s lockdown has been, consider this: not a single car was sold in the city last month. "
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