China's Changan opens first overseas car plant in Thailand

State-owned automaker eyes doubling factory's annual capacity to 200,000 units

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Changan Chairman Zhu Huarong speaks during his company's factory opening ceremony in Rayong, Thailand, on May 16. (Photo by Suzu Takahashi)

KENYA AKAMA

RAYONG, Thailand -- Chinese state-owned Changan Automobile said on Friday that it has started production at its plant in Thailand, underscoring how carmakers from the world's No. 2 economy are accelerating into the Southeast Asian manufacturing hub.

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