China's auto market survives 2020 with just 2% dent

Japanese automakers among biggest winners, with Honda logging record sales

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The Auto China 2020 show in September: Monthly Chinese vehicles sales were up for most of the year. © Reuters

SHUNSUKE TABETA and TAKASHI KAWAKAMI, Nikkei staff writers

BEIJING/GUANGZHOU -- The Chinese automobile market shrank by only 1.9% last year, with economic stimulus softening the blow of the coronavirus, according to industry estimates released Wednesday.

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