Why Chinese Love SUV's, Smog Notwithstanding

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Abheek Bhattacharya, Answer to Smog in China: Buy More SUVs. Wall Street Journal, Apr 26, 2013 (in the half page Heard on the Street).
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB ... 44191671523024.html
(The number of SUVs sold in China jumped 43.4% in 1Q13 year on year, vs total auto-sales volumes up by just 13.8%; reasons: status symbol, better surviving a crash, and a regulatory loophole on fuel economy)