GM June auto sales up 10% in China

BEIJING -- General Motors and its China joint ventures sold 213,495 vehicles in the country in June, up 10.1 percent from a year earlier, the US automaker said on Thursday.

China auto sales totaled 1.42 million from January through June, up 7.3 percent from the year-ago level, GM said in a statement.

GM makes vehicles in China in partnership with FAW Group and SAIC Motor Corp.