In the meantime, here's a link to a short interview I did with Michael McCune of the China Business Network. The content of the intro paragraph doesn't entirely reflect my views (I wouldn't say that BYD, Geely and SAIC-GM are all "full steam ahead" in development of low emission vehicles -- really, only BYD is), and the text says that BYD is in "Tianjin" (it's in Shenzhen). But aside from that, the interview does accurately reflect some of what I have learned over the past year.
China Business Network: "China's Auto Makers Shift into High Gear"