I don't know, what is Linde pricing policy on Middle East, but here, in central Europe Linde IC is more or less on the same pricing level as Jungheinrich, Still, Toyota or Yale/Hyster.
Middle shelf machines (like Cesab, Doosan, Mitsu/Cat are about 10% cheaper.
Chinese trucks (the better ones like Heli or HC/Hangcha) are about 30-40% cheaper.
The issue is - most of the premium brands are produced in Europe, so you have, domestically, highly developed sales and service support, realtively short delivery times, no customs problems, etc.
For the chinese parts you must wait sometimes several weeks, so if you want to have your bussiness running without obstruction, you must buy two chinese machines. There is a chance that at least one will be alive when you wait for the parts for another.