The Chinese internet gives its hot take on Elon Musk, Taiwan and Tesla
- Musk stirs up a warning and scepticism by suggesting the island become a special administrative region
- Commenters question his motives on making the proposal
“Taiwan’s Democratic Progressive Party authorities will hate you. Many US lawmakers and political elites also dislike [the idea] which signs a different tune to the current US policy on the Taiwan Strait,” Hu, former editor-in-chief of nationalist tabloid Global Times, wrote on Weibo on Saturday.
“It can’t be ruled out that he may have some trouble in the future for having expressed these political views.”
Hu said Musk’s comments represented the general desire of the business community who do not want to see the war hit the economy hard and disrupt people’s livelihoods.
“It has also reflected the world’s basic understanding that Taiwan is a part of China and reunification is the general trend,” he said.
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Hu’s comments came after Musk said in an interview published by the Financial Times on Friday that his “recommendation … would be to figure out a special administrative zone for Taiwan that is reasonably palatable”.
