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June 2007


Price was the priority for Wang Peng when he bought his first car in 2002 and he came away with a US$3,500 locally-made Chery.

Five years later, Wang is back in the market for a vehicle but his priorities have changed. Safety was uppermost in his mind as he toured the 2007 Shanghai Auto show.

Wang, a Shanghai-based industrial engineer, is part of a new wave of Chinese car owners that put a premium on higher safety standards, said Kelvin Zhang, a spokesperson for Hainan-based Haima ...

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