China auto sales in July on track for worst year in history

World's biggest market to see double-digit drop in 2019

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China's auto sales have shrunk for 13 consecutive months through July. © Reuters

TAKASHI KAWAKAMI, Nikkei staff writer

GUANGZHOU -- New automobile purchases in China have declined for 13 straight months, raising the specter of the world's largest market contracting by double digits for the first time this year.

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