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Chinese carmaker GAC presses ahead with Myanmar factory plan

'No effect from unrest,' says executive, despite attacks on apparel factories

GAC showed off an upgraded “Plus” version of the Trumpchi GS4 compact crossover SUV, its best-selling own-brand model, at the Shanghai auto show this week. (Photo by CK Tan)

SHANGHAI -- Guangzhou Automobile Group is pressing ahead with plans to start manufacturing vehicles in Myanmar this year as part of the Chinese state-owned group's ambitious internationalization plan.

"Our Yangon plant is at the initial stage of construction and it has not been affected by the unrest," Ben Chan, Asia general manager of the group's GAC Motor unit, told Nikkei Asia in an interview.

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