10 years ago, if anyone mention that Toyota/Mazda/Honda going to rebadge Chinese cars in 10 years, sure kena laughed until no face. I still shocked to really see such thing happened

Not surprise, Japanese has been the western dog and keep interfere into China Taiwan disputes. That's why the resentment somehow remain.

And to be honest, if our Proton and Perodua capable of self-developed global cars that are better than the foreign brands, many Malaysian will buy own brands instead of foreign brands.