A security guard stands watch over high-end cars in China.
One of Xi's public displays of cracking down on corruption included seizing more than 100 high-end cars used by officials.
  • A surge in Russian demand has made China the world's top car exporter, per the Wall Street Journal.
  • Chinese brands have flooded the Russian market since the war in Ukraine began.
  • European, Japanese, and Korean car brands meanwhile have largely left Russia.

China's auto industry appears to have emerged as a beneficiary of Russia's ongoing war with Ukraine.