It has long been said that visiting China from the West is akin to landing in a parallel universe. And so to the Chinese car industry, whose latest opportunity to scare the living daylights out of Europe and the US came at the Auto Shanghai motor show. Photograph: Getty ImagesTo Western eyes, photos of Auto Shanghai are akin to asking ChatGPT to recreate the glory days of motor shows past. This still largely looks like the sort of auto show Europe and the US hosted every few months in a prepandemic world. The telecom company oversees the Harmony Intelligent Mobility Alliance (HIMA), which includes car brands like AITO, Stelato, and SAIC, itself another auto group that includes Roewe, Rising Auto, Wuling, and former British sports car maker MG, among others.