I believe some of the rules around this stuff just changed due to fallout from the US-China trade war. Furthermore, it's the inertia of a creaking socialist era

I believe some of the rules around this stuff just changed due to fallout from the US-China trade war. Furthermore, it's the inertia of a creaking socialist era registration system (broadly three categories: domestic / JV / foreign) which is probably about due to be overhauled, not recent conniving.