>Why for US companies is it okay to be unprofitable while they grow, but for Chinese companies it is shenanigans

If the narrative is "China won EVs" then "they didn't do the R&D to make EVs a net economic win, and it's been a predatory loss-leader the whole time" is a pretty big caveat.

Predatory pricing is nothing new. Walmart did the same thing, but (of course) they raised prices as soon as the local competition was dead. China is merely doing the same, so their "winning" in the economic market is a temporary illusion.

"Turns out communists make great capitalists" is still true.