A woman poses for a photo with a BYD pure electric bus in São José dos Campos, São Paulo state, Brazil, on July 12. China surpassed Japan as the world’s largest vehicle exporter in the first half of this year, a China Daily report said yesterday. Analysts attributed the achievement to the growing popularity of new energy vehicles made in the country. Auto manufacturers in China shipped 2.34 million vehicles overseas from January to June, up almost 77% year on year, according to data from the General Administration of Customs. China, which was the world’s No. 2 vehicle exporter last year, already beat Japan by the first quarter this year.Xinhua