Chinese girl flags glitch in Tesla car touchscreen to Elon Musk, tech billionaire says…

2 weeks, 6 days ago

Bilingual stories: China in 25 languages

Two of the gold prize winners of the second Global Youth Bilingual Broadcast Announcing and Anchoring Contest — Tewele Ayubu Damiani from Tanzania and Yuan Chensheng from China — speak at the award ceremony held at the Communication University of China on Nov 23. Luo, a 19-year-old student at the Communication University of China, brought this perspective to life in …

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3 weeks, 1 day ago

When The Phone Rings cast apologises over Chae So Bin’s ‘offensive’ sign language scene: ‘No intent to mock..’

Hindustan Times

MBC's When the Phone Rings kicked off with a bang—but not without controversy. In the premiere episode, Hong Hee Joo's portrayal of a sign language journalist stirred up backlash, with some viewers feeling a particular scene allegedly mocked sign language. On November 29, the production team took to the viewers' bulletin board, offering a sincere apology: "We deeply regret causing …

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3 weeks, 5 days ago

Elon Musk's mom says it's ‘degrading’ to call tech billionaire ‘wealthy’

Hindustan Times

Elon Musk's mother thinks it is degrading to call him “wealthy.” In a sit-down with Fox Business anchor Stuart Varney on Monday, Maye Musk gushed over the Tesla CEO and discussed his friendship with Donald Trump. REUTERS/Pavel Mikheyev Maye Musk gushes over ‘genius of the world’ son Elon Gushing over her son, Maye said that she finds it “degrading” when …

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1 month ago

Elon Musk’s Model Mother Sees Celebrity Takeoff in China

Live Mint

Even as Tesla Inc. Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk is set to become a more controversial figure in China as part of Donald Trump’s administration, his mother is still a clear-cut favorite in the country. This month, Maye Musk attended the Shanghai store opening of Chinese mattress brand AISE Baobao, for which she’s a global brand ambassador. Maye Musk could …

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1 month ago

Kim Kardashian shocks fans with 'weird' photo-shoot with Elon Musk's $30K Tesla Bot

Daily Mail

Kim Kardashian was branded 'weird' after she posed for a bizarre nighttime photo-shoot with Elon Musk's $30,000 Tesla bot. Kim Kardashian is being slammed as 'weird' for posing for a bizarre nighttime photo-shoot with Elon Musk 's $30,000 Tesla bot Going topless under a puffy black jacket, the Kardashians star, 44, sat on the robot's lap as they posed in …

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Janja Lula da Silva, Brazil’s first lady, swears at Elon Musk at G20 event

CNN

Brazil’s first lady, Janja Lula da Silva, swore while addressing billionaire Elon Musk during a G20 event on the weekend, at which she spoke about the need to regulate social media to rein in misinformation. A ship’s horn sounded as she spoke Saturday and she joked, “I think it’s Elon Musk,” before adding, “I’m not afraid of you, f**k you, …

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Janja Lula da Silva, Brazil’s first lady, swears at Elon Musk at G20 event

CNN

Brazil’s first lady, Janja Lula da Silva, swore while addressing billionaire Elon Musk during a G20 event on the weekend, at which she spoke about the need to regulate social media to rein in misinformation. A ship’s horn sounded as she spoke Saturday and she joked, “I think it’s Elon Musk,” before adding, “I’m not afraid of you, f**k you, …

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1 month, 1 week ago

In Musk, Xi will have ‘a friend with influence’ in Trump administration

Firstpost

Elon Musk’s involvement in Donald Trump’s new administration is considered good news for China, given the billionaire’s investment in the country’s Electric Vehicle market. The world’s richest man has enjoyed perks in China that were rarely offered to other foreign investors President-elect Donald Trump grabbed China’s attention after he announced that billionaire Elon Musk would help lead what he called …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

How Chinese Social Media Is Reacting to Trump's Win

Bloomberg

00:00 Time now for our look at what's trending in China. Yeah, well, people are watching the stock market on social media yesterday, but for the meme stocks, there was a stock called Wise Soft, which in Chinese sounds very close to Trump wins big. But on a more serious note, there's also a poll on Chinese social media Weibo …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Elon Musk, the ‘super genius’ behind Trump's election win, set to face pros and cons under 47th US president

Hindustan Times

Elon Musk, the owner of SpaceX, Tesla, and social networking platform X, has become the focus of attention with Donald Trump's US presidency. He went him to label him as a “super genius”, adding that “We have to protect our geniuses.” Musk contributed at least $119 million to Trump's campaign, making him a significant player in the US presidential election. …

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

Elon Musk's Mom Hit With Blunt Community Note On X After Encouraging Voter Fraud

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING Maye Musk, mother of billionaire X owner Elon Musk, was fact-checked on her son’s social media platform after she encouraged Americans to vote fraudulently. On Election Day, have 10 fake names, go to 10 polling booths and vote 10 times. https://t.co/GZ5DlaoFPs — Maye Musk October 5, 2024 Donald Trump, too, once encouraged people to vote multiple times, …

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4 months, 1 week ago

Trump blames ‘complexity of modern technology’ for his ‘strange’ lisp in Elon Musk X interview

The Independent

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4 months, 4 weeks ago

Elon Musk’s daughter calls father ’uncaring and narcissistic’, says Tesla chief ’crossed a line’ when...

Live Mint

Days after Elon Musk said his trans-daughter is "dead" to him, Vivian Jenna Wilson, in her first interview on Thursday, said the Tesla chief was a "cruel" and absent father. On Monday, Elon Musk said on social media and in an interview posted online that Vivian was “not a girl” and was figuratively “dead", "killed by the woke mind virus”. …

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4 months, 4 weeks ago

Elon Musk's trans daughter fires back at his claim that "woke mind virus" killed her

Salon

Billionaire Tesla CEO Elon Musk deadnamed his daughter and suggested she was “killed by the woke mind virus” in a pair of transphobic tirades with right-wing influencer Jordan Peterson and on X, prompting his daughter, Vivian Jenna Wilson, to hit back. Like, literally none of this ever happened,” Wilson wrote in a post on X competitor Threads, referring to Musk’s …

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6 months, 1 week ago

Elon Musk's Tamil meme dig at Apple-OpenAI partnership spins amusing X reactions

Hindustan Times

Elon Musk's unhinged X escapades have inadvertently become part of the social media platform's renewed legacy since the businessman and investor took over the reigns. Elon's jab meant to imply how the Apple-OpenAI partnership essentially spells the commencement of yet another chapter in unethical data sharing. Elon Musk used a meme-ified still from Tamil film Thappattam to take a dig …

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6 months, 4 weeks ago

Elon Musk opposes US tariffs on Chinese EVs

China Daily

FILE PHOTO: Elon Musk in Beverly Hills, California, US, May 6, 2024. PARIS -- Tesla CEO Elon Musk has said he opposed US tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles. "Neither Tesla nor I asked for these tariffs," Musk said Thursday when answering audience questions via video link during VivaTech, an annual technology conference dedicated to innovation and startups in Paris. "In …

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7 months ago

Musk opposes US tariffs on Chinese EVs

China Daily

A view of a Tesla showroom in Shanghai. On May 23, Tesla founder Elon Musk said he was taken aback by US President Joe Biden's decision to impose 100 percent tariffs on imported Chinese electric vehicles. So, in general, I'm in favor of no tariffs," said Elon Musk in response to a question on how he viewed the 100 percent …

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7 months, 1 week ago

‘Biggest loser’: US entrepreneur slams Elon Musk’s choice of China over India for Tesla manufacturing unit

Live Mint

Indian-American academic, entrepreneur, and author, Vivek Wadhwa has slammed the decision of billionaire Elon Musk eschewing India for the Tesla manufacturing operation. Wadhwa wrote that "Elon is going to be the biggest loser" by picking China over India for manufacturing the Tesla electric cars. A week later, Musk turned up in China, meeting with Premier Li Qiang and making progress …

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

Sources: China mulling Tesla robotaxi tests

China Daily

A Tesla Model X vehicle on display during an expo in Yantai, Shandong province last month. TANG KE/FOR CHINA DAILY China is very likely to support US vehicle maker Tesla's local testing of robotaxis, and may move to consider data compliance issues given that data regulators attended a recent top-level meeting that involved Elon Musk, the automaker's CEO, sources told …

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

Tesla clears hurdles in China's electric vehicle market

China Daily

A Tesla logo is seen at a groundbreaking ceremony of Tesla Shanghai Gigafactory in Shanghai, China on Jan 7, 2019. For Tesla, "it's a good thing, because it's one more domino knocked down, in order for them to be able to potentially get the data from those cars out to America," Mark Rainford, an influencer in the automotive industry and …

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

Sources: Tesla plans to test its 'robotaxi' in China

China Daily

A Tesla logo is seen at a groundbreaking ceremony of Tesla Shanghai Gigafactory in Shanghai, China on Jan 7, 2019. Elon Musk, the CEO of the United States electric vehicle maker Tesla, proposed testing the full self-driving, or FSD, functions of its vehicles in the Chinese market by deploying them as "taxis" during his recent visit to China, and sources …

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

Tesla CEO Elon Musk visits China during Beijing auto show

The Hindu

Tesla CEO Elon Musk met with a top government leader in the Chinese capital on Sunday, just as the nation’s carmakers are showing off their latest electric vehicle models at the Beijing auto show. Chinese Premier Li Qiang told Mr. Musk that he hopes the U.S. will work more with China on “win-win” cooperation, citing Tesla’s operations in China as …

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

Watch Elon Musk's praise for China: 'I'm a big fan. I also have fans here'

Hindustan Times

Elon Musk in China: Tesla CEO Elon Musk arrived in Beijing on April 28- apparently for a surprise visit to the country after having cancelled his two-day trip to India which was scheduled for April 22. Elon Musk in China: Tesla CEO Elon Musk, one of the world's richest people, arrived in China for a visit on April 28. During …

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

Elon Musk's big wins in China: Hurdles cleared, Baidu pact and this breakthrough

Hindustan Times

Elon Musk in China: Tesla CEO Elon Musk's surprise visit to China- the automaker's second largest market- resulted in the company clearing some key regulatory hurdles that have long hindered it from rolling out its self-driving software the country. The Tesla boss arrived in Beijing where he talked about the rollout of Full Self-Driving software and transfer driving data overseas, …

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

Musk's visit exposes malignancy of Washington's 'overcapacity' claim: China Daily editorial

China Daily

Premier Li Qiang meets on Sunday with Elon Musk, founder and CEO of US electric car manufacturer Tesla, at Diaoyutai Guest House in Beijing. Coming hard on the heels of the rather gloomy visit by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, whose agenda for his trip seemed to be to hype up the US administration's latest stay-away smear that China …

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

Tesla CEO Musk visits China as competitors show off new electric vehicles at Beijing auto show

Associated Press

BEIJING — Tesla CEO Elon Musk met with a top government leader in the Chinese capital Sunday, just as the nation’s carmakers are showing off their latest electric vehicle models at the Beijing auto show. Chinese Premier Li Qiang told Musk that he hopes the U.S. will work more with China on “win-win” cooperation, citing Tesla’s operations in China as …

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

Elon Musk’s private jet lands in China for surprise visit

The Hindu

A private jet linked to Tesla CEO Elon Musk landed in Beijing on April 28, a flight tracking app showed, as two people with knowledge of the matter said the billionaire was kicking off a surprise visit to the automaker's second-biggest market. Mr. Musk said this month Tesla may make FSD available to customers in China "very soon", in response …

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

Premier, Musk call for deepening cooperation

China Daily

Premier Li Qiang meets on Sunday with Elon Musk, founder and CEO of US electric car manufacturer Tesla, at Diaoyutai Guest House in Beijing. Tesla's success in China has demonstrated that equal cooperation and mutual benefits conform to the fundamental interests of China and the United States, Premier Li Qiang said in a meeting on Sunday with Elon Musk, CEO …

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8 months ago

Elon Musk's Texas Tesla gigafactory gets a visit from his mother: ‘Utterly fabulous’

Hindustan Times

Elon Musk's mother Maye Musk visited Tesla gigafactory in Texas and shared a picture with her son on social media. Saying that the “lobby is so beautiful", Elon Musk's mother said on X, "What do you do on a Saturday? Elon Musk seen which his mother Maye Musk at the Tesla gigafactory in Texas. ” Elon Musk postpones India visit …

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9 months ago

Neuralink livestreams first human patient playing chess with mind, Elon Musk reacts to video

Hindustan Times

Elon Musk’s brain science startup, Neuralink, shared an update about its first human patient on a video livestream. Taken from a video by Elon Musk's Neuralink, this image shows the company's first human patient playing chess with his mind. Elon Musk re-shared the video on X and wrote, “Livestream of Neuralink demonstrating “Telepathy” – controlling a computer and playing video …

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9 months, 1 week ago

Apple, Tesla love affair with China ending as sales decline after users are told to shun Western products

Hindustan Times

Tesla and Apple may lose millions of customers in China as the country is urging people to choose domestic products over Western technology. Tesla's Chinese competitor BYD recently overtook the Elon Musk company in worldwide sales of electric vehicles. At China’s annual Communist Party, Zhan Wenlong, a nuclear physicist and party delegate, told the outlet, “For people coming here, they …

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9 months, 4 weeks ago

Elon Musk used Windows PC laptop, shares experience on X

Hindustan Times

Elon Musk purchased a new Windows laptop, and shared his feedback on social media platform X, which he currently owns. “FTC staff efforts to ensure Twitter was in compliance with the order were appropriate and necessary, especially considering Twitter’s history of privacy and security lapses,” Khan wrote in the letter. In another development, Musk said that the first human patient …

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10 months ago

Musk says Google executive ensured prompt action to fix ‘racial and gender bias’ in Gemini

Hindustan Times

After raising concerns over Gemini AI following reports of inaccuracies in depicting historical figures, X owner Elon Musk said Google has assured an action to fix the “racial and gender bias” in the tech giant's latest image generation model. Elon Musk calls Google 'insane' and ‘anti-civilisation’ Musk has criticized Google for its Gemini AI chatbot's text-to-image creation function. "I'm glad …

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10 months, 3 weeks ago

Elon Musk reveals first human has had a BRAIN implant from Neuralink's new 'Telepathy' product - allowing people to use technology 'just by thinking'

Daily Mail

Elon Musk has revealed a patient has become the first human to have a Neuralink microchip implanted into their brain. Musk on Monday announced that the first person had received a Neuralink brain implant Musk wrote on X on Monday night: 'The first human received an implant from @Neuralink yesterday and is recovering well. NEURALINK: ELON MUSK'S PLAY FOR COMPUTER-BRAIN …

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11 months, 1 week ago

This week’s covers

The Economist

O ur covers this week looked at the challenge from China’s astonishing progress in electric vehicles and the growing tensions on the high seas. One cover is based on a Briefing that shows how rapidly China has come to dominate EV s. Just five years ago its motor industry shipped only a quarter as many cars as Japan, then the …

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11 months, 3 weeks ago

China's Tesla killer? Phone maker Xiaomi unveils first electric car

Daily Mail

China's Xiaomi announced its first electric vehicle Thursday, predicting it is the first step toward overtaking Tesla. The Chinese-made vehicle will also feature self-driving, an entertainment system that is fully compatible with Xiaomi's smartphones, and blistering acceleration that will take it from 0 to 62 miles per hour in 2.78 seconds. Lei said that he expects Xiaomi's cars to rival …

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1 year ago

Elon Musk's advice to Giorgia Meloni: ‘Italians, please make more Italians’

Hindustan Times

Elon Musk claimed that advertisers were returning to X after an exodus while warning that Italy's low birth rate could put off investors. At the Atreju political festival organised by Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni's Brothers of Italy party, Elon Musk said, "I think X will be fine, and we are actually already seeing advertisers return to X. Woke mind …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Tesla in Troubled Waters: Elon Musk’s EV company is struggling to sell its cars in China

Firstpost

Elon Musk’s Tesla is struggling in China, the world’s largest EV market despite starting a price war that tried to undercut other local players. In September, the Beijing-headquartered premium EV maker delivered 36,060 vehicles, marking a 3.3 per cent increase from the previous month and an impressive 212.7 per cent year-on-year growth. During the third quarter, Li Auto shipped 105,108 …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Taiwan blasts Elon Musk over latest China comments

The Hindu

Taiwan is "not for sale", the island's Foreign Minister said in a stern rebuke to Elon Musk who asserted Taiwan was an integral part of China, as the billionaire again waded into the thorny issue of relations between Beijing and Taipei. Mr. Musk, the owner of the social media platform X formerly known as Twitter, as well as the Tesla …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Elon Musk accuses California school of influencing his ‘communist’ trans daughter's views over wealth and ideology

Hindustan Times

The CEO of X, formerly known as Twitter, Elon Musk, has revealed that his estranged transgender daughter Vivian Jenna Wilson became a “communist” who hates the rich after attending a prestigious California school. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang The 52-year-old made these shocking claims in an excerpt from the forthcoming biography “Elon Musk” by Walter Isaacson, published in the Wall Street Journal on …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Elon Musk arrives in ‘amazing’ Japan days after row over fake X account

Live Mint

Elon Musk took to microblogging site ‘X’, formerly known as twitter, to share an update- he ahs reached ‘amazing’ Japan. The business magnate who shares a bittersweet relationship with Japan arrived at the east Asian nation just days after a row over a fake ‘X’ account of Japan's top diplomat Masato Kanda. Japan in a rare warning had asked Elon …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Elon Musk predicts Tesla self-driving cars may come ’later this year’

Live Mint

Elon Musk-owned electric car giant Tesla may finally develop a fully autonomous vehicles "later this year. "In terms of where Tesla is at this stage, I think we are very close to achieving full self-driving without human supervision," Elon Musk said via video link at the opening ceremony of an artificial intelligence conference in Shanghai. Electric vehicles make up a …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Manish Tewari | The Chinese ascendancy and America's dilemma

Deccan Chronicle

As the Prime Minister heads to Washington DC amidst the stand-off with China on the Line of Actual Control that is now three years in running, it would be instructive to take a broad overview of the US-China relationship. The US outreach to China was initiated by President Richard Nixon who in 1967, two years before he became President of …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Elon Musk says China will initiate AI regulations

The Hindu

The Chinese government will seek to initiate artificial intelligence regulations in its country, billionaire Elon Musk said on Monday after meeting with officials during his recent trip to China. Musk departed Shanghai on Thursday, wrapping up a two-day trip to China in which he met senior Chinese government officials including the highest-ranking vice premier. China's cyberspace regulator unveiled draft measures …

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1 year, 6 months ago

China likely to launch regulations on AI, Elon Musk says after his recent visit

Hindustan Times

Top Chinese officials told Elon Musk about plans to launch new regulations on artificial intelligence on his recent trip to the Asian giant, the tech billionaire said Monday, in his first comments on the two-day visit. "Something that is worth noting is that on my recent trip to China, with the senior leadership there, we had, I think, some very …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Chinese fans welcome 'Comrade Musk'

The Hindu

Lavish meals, gushing praise and memes about "Comrade Musk" — China showered the Tesla CEO with admiration during his whistlestop tour of the country this week. His visit was welcomed by Zhu Qi, a Tesla owner from the central city of Changsha who said she "worships" Mr. Musk for his "great personal charm and constant excellence in his field". "Due …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Tesla's Musk hails China's 'vitality' during Beijing visit

The Hindu

Elon Musk praised China's "vitality and promise" on Wednesday, Beijing said, during a trip to the Chinese capital in which he has met multiple government officials and reportedly declared he will expand his business there. Mr. Musk "expressed full confidence in the China market, and was willing to continue deepening mutually beneficial cooperation", a readout of the meeting said. Mr. …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Elon Musk’s visit to China should send a shiver down the spines of Western governments

The Independent

It says much about the status of Elon Musk that his private jet is constantly tracked – and when it left Alaska, heading for China with him on board, there was a veritable frenzy of speculation about his intentions. Musk has been meeting senior Chinese officials, among them premier Li Qiang, just when tension over China’s ambitions regarding Taiwan is …

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