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Beijing to continue lottery system for new car license plates

Beijing will continue to limit new vehicle registrations through a lottery system next year to hold down the number of vehicles on the road,...

Record $11.000 for a License Plate in Shanghai

Getting a car license plate in Shanghai costs almost as much as buying an economy family car, and industry insiders predict prices will continue...

Beijing want to Halve its number of vehicles on the Road

A proposal to tackle Beijing's traffic gridlock, which would halve the number of vehicles on its streets, has sparked controversy among experts and residents. The...

China raises Fuel Prices with 6.1%

Retail gasoline and diesel prices were raised on Monday for the fourth time this year, but experts said the move will not have a...

Unease over new limits to car registrations in Guangzhou

China's southern metropolis of Guangzhou began to limit car registrations through a license plate lottery and auction this week, triggering concerns over the fairness...

License plate applicants exceed 1 million in Beijing

A record 1-million-plus people in Beijing competed for fewer than 20,000 registration certificates qualifying them to buy cars through a lottery system on Sunday....

Xi’an considering a cap on car purchases

Just when Chinese state media starts ranting against caps on car purchases another city is working on doing just that. ChinaDaily reports: The northwest...

China’s State Media: Guangzhou car quota bad for the aute industry

It seems somebody woke up. China's state owned ChinaDaily reports that car quota are actually bad for the auto industry. Impressive thinking indeed! Whenever...

China’s auto sales expected to hit 20 million in 2012

The China Association of Automobile Manufacturers said Thursday that the country's auto sales are likely to hit 20 million units in 2012 if the...

Almost 7 million cars illegally survive the Scrapper in China

More than 90 percent of cars that should have been scrapped in China were sold to black markets where they were repaired or modified...