For the first time ever, sales in China of General Motors Co.’s vehicles in the first six months of the year have topped its sales in the US.
Based on figures reported by GM, sales in China by GM and its joint ventures totaled 1.21 million vehicles in the first half-year period, surpassing US deliveries of 1.08 million. Michael Albano, a Shanghai-based spokesman, said that this marks the first time in the 102-year history of GM that an overseas market has outsold its own domestic market. Due to the global economic recession, GM was forced to go into bankruptcy but after emerging, its recovery has been hastened due to the growing demand in China.
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