[amou234]

By buying BYD, you are supporting the Chinese government, which is actively supporting Russia [1]

By buying BYD, you are supporting Chinese government's deep subsidization of BYD and its heavy loss per vehicle, to dump on and destroy US/Europe/Japan auto industries and its labor forces

[1]https://www.dw.com/en/china-and-russia-agree-to-boost-ties-i...

[seanmcdirmid]

Most people buying BYD abroad are not in those countries. Australians, for example, don't very much care if they are destroying US/European/Japan auto industries, and are sort of liberated by the lack of any car manufacturing in their own country.

[amou234]

well, Australians should care. Australia is part of aukus which is security pact along with US and UK meant to push back against China. Less they've forgotten, Australia was engaged with trade war with China earlier when China slapped unreasonable tariffs on Australia due to Australia wanting to investigate the origin of covid that killed thousands of Australians.

[1ark]

US/Europe are destroying themselves and their industries with the ESG agenda.

[tooltalk]

I think this is a big problem in the EV race. Most Western companies are still unwilling to get their hands dirty, even as China's grip on raw materials and refining has become a serious geopolitical threat.

[r00fus]

While by supporting ICE vehicles and oil companies you are supporting the US government’s genocidal support of Israel.

The whataboutism works two ways.

The better way to “fight” China is to lobby your government to actually compete and build its own manufacturing base.

[Rinzler89]

You can build a manufacturing base, but can you also "build" the workforce willing to work for manufacturing sector wages while keeping the prices competitive?