By Karl Henkel The Detroit News Comments Zoom Detroit automakers have a chance to claim a larger share of China's auto market as a result of a territorial dispute between Japan and China. The two Asian nations are jostling over islands in the East China Sea, which Japan nationalized last month but also are claimed by China. The hostility has brought on calls to boycott Japanese goods in China. IHS Global Insight said sales of Japanese vehicles in China fell 29 percent in September, and that Japanese automakers will lose about a fifth of their market for the rest of this year â€" a loss of about 200,000 vehicles, compared to 2011. IHS predicts Japanese automakers could lose another 100,000 in...
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