Sales at Dongfeng Peugeot Citroen Automobile Company Ltd rose to a new monthly record in September as Chinese customers snubbed Japanese cars.
Japan's Toyota Motor Corp, Nissan Motor Co and Honda Motor Co plan to slash production in China by roughly half, as a territorial row cuts sales.
Toyota Motor Corp saw its sales in China fall by half in September compared to August, as tensions between Japan and China flared over the Diaoyu islands.
A man suspected of damaging seven Japanese cars in Beijing has been arrested, according to police.
Toyota Motor Corp. announced Tuesday it will scale back production of automobiles bound for China as sales have plunged in the country amid a simmering territorial row
Japanese automakers are facing tough times in China, as ongoing territorial tensions between the two countries start to hurt sales.
A diplomatic row between Japan and China is having "some impact" on Japanese car sales in China, a Nissan Motor Co Ltd executive said on Thursday, a sign the dispute is affecting business between the world's second- and third-largest economies.
Nissan Motor Co, Japan's second-largest carmaker, said its sales in China last month declined for the first time since January, as the slowing economy damps demand in the world's largest vehicle market.