Elon Musk suggests control of Taiwan to be handed over to Beijing
Billionaire Elon Musk, days after unveiling a possible agreement to end the war between Russia and Ukraine, which Ukraine has condemned, suggested that tensions between China and Taiwan could be resolved by sharing the control of Taiwan which would be handed over to Beijing.
“My recommendation would be to invent a semi-acceptable special administrative region for Taiwan, it probably won’t make everyone happy,” Musk, the world’s richest person, told the Financial Times in a statement. interview published on Friday.
Musk made the remarks when the newspaper asked him about China, where his electric car company Tesla operates a large factory in Shanghai.
Beijing, which claims democratically-ruled Taiwan is one of its provinces, has long pledged to bring Taiwan under its control and has not ruled out the use of force. Taiwan’s government firmly rejects China’s sovereignty claims, saying only the island’s 23 million people can decide its future.
“And it’s possible, and I even think they might have a more lenient regime than Hong Kong’s,” Musk said, as quoted by the newspaper.
“And it’s possible, and I even think they might have a more lenient regime than Hong Kong’s,” Musk said, as quoted by the newspaper.
Elon Musk suggests control of Taiwan to be handed over to Beijing
The Shanghai plant accounted for about half of Tesla’s global shipments last year. Musk also said China was seeking assurances that it would not offer its rocket company SpaceX’s Starlink internet service there.
Musk said he expects conflict over Taiwan to be inevitable, warning of the potential impact not only on Tesla, but also on iPhone maker Apple Inc. and the economy in general. The interview did not elaborate on these statements.
