More Than Price: Why China's Shoppers Turned Away from the West — and What's in Store for Europe

The Chinese consumer no longer wants Western brands — and the new world order is being built in Szeged

China Turns Inward8 min8 Jul 2026

36%BYD sales drop, Jan–Feb 2026

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36%BYD sales drop, Jan–Feb 2026

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More Than Price: Why China's Shoppers Turned Away from the West — and What's in Store for Europe

6.20+lei per euro, worst case

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15–25%food inflation Hungary faces by winter

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70+break-out attempts, one safety test

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Epilogue: The Machine That Learned to Lie

Every available metric on the economic transformation — the stabilisation, the costs, and the open questions

No house view to defend. No official number taken on trust. Just the data, read closely — and counted carefully.