china brands and malaysian brands are very different. Proton started off well then did not bother to improve after NCAP gave them 3 stars. Proton's own development dropped or did not keep up with the rest of the world. China's own car brands started out poorly, and improved gradually.

Still as some have mentioned here customer support is very bad for proton/chinese cars.

I should add that chinese car brand qualities are not that bad. They have developed far far better over the years but i have seen an expetriate in china talk and show his experience of his chinese car from a few years ago, that it may not be as reliable, just never broke down( worse case was waiting at the side of the road on highway for the engine to cool).

So they are ok, but if you want a car that will last 20 years, proton actually did that with mitsubishi engines, plenty of them still running. The campro may not be as good but isnt that bad either better than the engines the chinese make themselves.

So if in china, go ahead and buy a chinese branded car, a lot of them actually own other brands too. If in malaysia i would stick to proton/perodua over a chinese badge simply because of local availability for parts and price.

If you plan to keep it for less than 10 years i would say go ahead as i dont think even the x70 has that long of a lifespan either. However at that price point, the x70 is actually better in what you get, safety and various other things. I guess it depends which is more important for you in picking a car.