{"id":1179190,"date":"2026-08-31T16:16:59","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T16:16:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1179190\/"},"modified":"2026-08-31T16:16:59","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T16:16:59","slug":"germanys-vaunted-auto-industry-in-dire-straits-amid-chinese-surge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1179190\/","title":{"rendered":"Germany\u2019s Vaunted Auto Industry in Dire Straits Amid Chinese Surge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/$s_!p27e!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fabc46607-8087-4f98-9343-0ea1b2556109_2953x1774.jpeg\" data-component-name=\"Image2ToDOM\" class=\"image-link image2 is-viewable-img can-restack\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/https:\/\/substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/abc46607-8087-4f98-9343-0ea1b2556109_2953.jpeg\" width=\"1456\" height=\"875\" data-attrs=\"{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/abc46607-8087-4f98-9343-0ea1b2556109_2953x1774.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:875,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:1371590,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:true,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/derspiegel.substack.com\/i\/213549293?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fabc46607-8087-4f98-9343-0ea1b2556109_2953x1774.jpeg&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}\" alt=\"\"   fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"sizing-normal\"\/><\/a>BYDs being loaded onto the company\u2019s specialized cargo ship for export. (Photo: VCG \/ IMAGO)<\/p>\n<p><strong>By Francesco Collini, Alexander Demling, Christoph Giesen, Martin Hesse and Timo Schober<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>At 39 degrees Celsius, the low August sun still blazing overhead, they cross a dusty field and a newly paved road.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BYDs being loaded onto the company\u2019s specialized cargo ship for export. (Photo: VCG \/ IMAGO) By Francesco Collini,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1179191,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5310],"tags":[2000,299,1824],"class_list":["post-1179190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-germany","tag-eu","tag-europe","tag-germany"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/117191027689135462","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1179190","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1179190"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1179190\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1179191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1179190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1179190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1179190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}