BYDs being loaded onto the company’s specialized cargo ship for export. (Photo: VCG / IMAGO)
By Francesco Collini, Alexander Demling, Christoph Giesen, Martin Hesse and Timo Schober
On the outskirts of Szeged, the procession of Chinese construction workers begins in the early evening. On foot or on mud-caked bicycles, dozens set out for the supermarket across from the construction site in southern Hungary.
At 39 degrees Celsius, the low August sun still blazing overhead, they cross a dusty field and a newly paved road.