BEIJING (AP) -- China's leaders are finding it's a lot chanel replica bags tougher to create a world-beating electric car industry than they hoped.In 2009, they announced bold plans to cash in on demand for clean vehicles by making China a global power in electric car manufacturing. They pledged billions of dollars for research and called for annual sales of 500,000 cars by 2015.

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