alt Hacker News>Are western companies able to freely compete in China? Last I checked, no, they need local partners at best,
Tesla operates Giga Shanghai fully independently and competes freely.
>And not just American but any outside company.
So did Italy, Germany, Japan and Korea to build up domestic auto industries otherwise Detroit would have steemroled them.
Giga Shanghai is the exception the proves the rule. It's one of the few, if only, foreign businesses that operate without a joint venture with a local company.