New Energy Vehicles (NEVs) in China

luminary said:

The merger is cancelled unless Nissan agrees to subordination.

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Accdg to this article its just delayed(?) Until mid feb?
"Honda And Nissan Delay Merger Update Until Mid-February
As Honda and Nissan work toward a merger, Mitsubishi may opt to stay independent"
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"Mitsubishi likely to say in mid-Feb. whether to join Honda-Nissan merger"

4Runner said:

You have no idea what Tesla/Lexus ventures mean to China in general and to Shanghai in particular. I guess you certainly do have any idea about the proverbial "wars" on choosing GM over Ford and Toyota in 1997. So I guess you were not originally from mainland China?

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Could you elaborate more? GM was favoured by the state over Ford and Toyota? If so, why?
Anything to read regarding this...