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World Service,02 Jan 2026,26 mins

China's BYD overtakes Tesla

World Business Report

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The Chinese car company BYD has overtaken Elon Musk's Tesla as the world's biggest seller of electric vehicles. We unpack how it happened. How viable is it to be a content creator? We look at how TikTok became a political flashpoint between the US and China. And good news for pasta lovers? The US has slashed proposed tariffs on imports from Italy. (Photo: A worker cleans up a BYD Dolphin. Credit: MAST IRHAM/EPA/Shutterstock)

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