weehingthong

And here we go. China gives Tesla tax break 3 days after Musk's Taiwan advice: https://t.co/vHbhmJlH84

This is how PRC influence/United Front operations work. A combination of carrot and stick measures. Those who say the right things get rewarded. Musk knows this. https://t.co/UEu0h8rvlH

— Akshay Singh (@Akshay_Thinks) October 14, 2022

@MPWangTingyu continues: we don’t joke about the ownership of an independent company; so how can Musk make such a frivolous statement on the freedom, autonomy/sovereignty, and way of life of 23M Taiwanese? Musk made the suggestion out of self-interest. It’s so disappointing!

2/2

— Byron Wan (@Byron_Wan) October 8, 2022

Musk wants Taiwan to be a special administrative zone of China? Yeah, don’t put loads of faith in this guy… https://t.co/iPEoV5t2ym

— China Uncensored (@ChinaUncensored) October 8, 2022

Elon Musk does seem to be spending rather too much of his time thinking about how to transfer people living in democracies into being ruled by dictators. https://t.co/pIpZhpTKnR

— Phillips P. OBrien (@PhillipsPOBrien) October 8, 2022

"Individual independent companies cannot take their ownership as a joke," Wang said. "So why should they casually pass off the democratic freedoms, sovereignty and way of life of 23 million Taiwanese? It's not acceptable for Ukraine, and Taiwan certainly won't allow it." /2

— simonthong aka kitty poo (@KittyPo80176717) October 9, 2022

"The world has seen clearly what happened to Hong Kong," the official said on condition of anonymity as he was not authorized to speak to the media. "Hong Kong's economic and social vibrancy abruptly ended under Beijing's totalitarian rule." /4

— simonthong aka kitty poo (@KittyPo80176717) October 9, 2022

Elon Musk just won support from Hu Xijin on his proposal to set up a “special administrative zone” that’s more “lenient than Hong Kong” to solve the conflict between Taiwan and China.

Hu called Musk “one of the few people in West who dare to speak out”. pic.twitter.com/GhzH4DlVyY

— Wenhao (@ThisIsWenhao) October 7, 2022

“Musk says Beijing has made clear its disapproval of his recent rollout of Starlink, SpaceX’s satellite communications system, in Ukraine to help the military circumvent Russia’s cut-off of the internet. He says Beijing sought assurances that he would not sell Starlink in China.”

— Wenhao (@ThisIsWenhao) October 7, 2022

“My recommendation . . . would be to figure out a special administrative zone for Taiwan that is reasonably palatable, probably won’t make everyone happy. And it’s possible, and I think probably, in fact, that they could have an arrangement that’s more lenient than Hong Kong.”

— Wenhao (@ThisIsWenhao) October 7, 2022

When is that from?

— Dr 瞎写字儿 (@PEKtoBKK) October 7, 2022

The original SAR plan was to be very lenient (one China, two systems), but we saw how that worked out. (It didn't.)

— quincylu (@quincylu) October 7, 2022

No thanks, Mr Musk.
Taiwan is a full-fledged democracy and a sovereign state, not an admin zone. Also, the world must understand that China won't accept any proposal that Taiwan is not part if it. China even cannot hold promises to HK. Making deal w/ China is always an illusion. pic.twitter.com/dtcINdrWlj

— Fang-Yu Chen (@FangYu_80168) October 7, 2022

As a China watcher, this bad take on Taiwan really gives me perspective on his take on Ukraine, at first I didn't realize how bad of a take it was, until now…

— 左瑞琛 Rui-chen Tso (@ModernNewspeak) October 7, 2022

Elon Musk continues to give "valuable" geopolitical advice – this time regarding #Taiwan. For the Financial Times, he said: to avoid a military conflict, it is necessary to make Taiwan a special administrative region of China.

— Devana 🇺🇦 (@DevanaUkraine) October 7, 2022

This is what happens when you become beholden to China because they "let" you build factories there. In reality, China always takes whatever it is hired to build so Tesla belongs to China now but will be re-branded to look more like a Chinese company.

— Inorganic Fella 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 (@SiCFella) October 7, 2022

Mr. Musk, nobody asked for your opinion on Taiwan, or Ukraine. Why don’t you just shut up and work on your Mars plan. That’s an area where your ignorance can be hidden. #ElonMuskSupportsRussianAggression

— Jiho Tiun 張之豪 (@JihoTiun) October 7, 2022

A poster child for multinational business influence, Mr. Musk shares his views on why it is just fine to deprive entire peoples of their sovereignty in furtherance of global commercial interests. Well done, Elon! https://t.co/jl5iIMn2zu

— Dan Alpert (@DanielAlpert) October 7, 2022

“The longest silence follows my question about China and the risk to Tesla’s Shanghai factory, which produces between 30 per cent and 50 per cent of Tesla’s total production.” Disappointing remarks from Musk on #Taiwan that are likely influenced by his investments in #China. https://t.co/RjRtKfKRkD

— Alexander Parini 刘洋 (@AlexParini) October 7, 2022