At the beginning of the year, fake news circulated on social media claiming that the city of Camaçari, in northeastern Brazil, was suffering a “Chinese invasion” caused by the arrival of BYD, the largest electric vehicle manufacturer in the world.
But what is the real impact of the arrival of this automaker in the Brazilian state of Bahia and the new migratory flow of Chinese citizens?
BBC News Brazil's Camilla Veras Mota and Vitor Serrano traveled to the city in search of answers to these questions.
They discovered that this story—which at first glance seems local—is linked to a much broader one that transcends Brazil's borders: that of the greatest transformation of the automotive industry of the century, and the rivalry between the United States and China.
We tell you in this video.
