Chinese brands have become ubiquitous in Brazil. Affluent Brazilians drive cars made by BYD, use phones made by Huawei, watch televisions produced by Hisense, and order meals with 99Food, a delivery app.

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    1 day ago

    Fernanda Lima and Rodrigo Hilbert are known as “Brazil’s favourite couple”.

    Never heard of them.

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        17 hours ago

        Are you Brazilian?

        Yes

        They’re very well-known

        Really? Guess I’m living under a rock then.

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      22 hours ago

      There are no domestic automakers. They’re all foreign, and Chinese brands are opening car plants in Brazil.

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      Cool now instead of a heavily subsidized tesla made by a nazi, i can have a heavily subsidized BYD made by a chinese.