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Elon Musk complains about China ban on X as Donald Trump prepares TikTok reprieve
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Elon Musk has objected to an absence of reciprocity within the US-China tech relationship, a uncommon criticism from the billionaire on points delicate to Beijing after US president-elect Donald Trump ready to supply a reprieve to TikTok on a ban within the US.

Musk, who has lengthy sought to take care of shut ties with Communist celebration officers in China, a core market and manufacturing centre for his electrical automotive firm Tesla, has for years assiduously tiptoed round Beijing’s hot-button points in public.

However he mentioned on Sunday that “something needs to change” after Trump mentioned he would “most likely” lengthen a deadline for Chinese language tech group ByteDance to divest from TikTok, which confronted a ban below a US legislation that briefly pressured it offline.

Musk mentioned that whereas he opposed banning the short-form video app on free-speech grounds, “the current situation where TikTok is allowed to operate in America, but X is not allowed to operate in China is unbalanced”.

“Something needs to change,” he mentioned in a submit on X.

Requested about Musk’s feedback, Chinese language overseas ministry spokesperson Mao Ning mentioned on Monday that Beijing welcomed any firm that abided by its legal guidelines and Chinese language teams overseas had been obliged to observe native guidelines.

Responding to Trump’s proposal to push TikTok, which started restoring service within the US on Sunday, right into a three way partnership, Mao mentioned Chinese language teams ought to “decide independently” on operations and offers.

Musk’s criticism was gentle in contrast with a few of his fierce assaults on western politicians and up to date intrusions into the home politics of nations equivalent to Germany, the UK and Italy.

But it surely highlighted the Tesla chief’s potential conflicts of curiosity between defending his enterprise pursuits in China and serving as a confidant to the incoming president and a authorities effectivity tsar.

Tesla earned virtually 1 / 4 of its gross sales within the third quarter from China and exported much more automobiles from its Shanghai plant to 3rd international locations.

Some analysts consider Beijing is pinning its hopes on Musk as a possible middleman with Trump, who has vowed to extend tariffs on imports from China. Chinese language officers had beforehand mentioned utilizing Musk as a dealer to resolve TikTok’s destiny within the US.

Elon Musk complains about China ban on X as Donald Trump prepares TikTok reprieve
China’s vice-president Han Zheng, left, with incoming US vice-president JD Vance on Sunday. Han is ready to attend Donald Trump’s inauguration © Xinhua/Shutterstock

Musk on Sunday additionally met Chinese language vice-president Han Zheng, who will symbolize President Xi Jinping at Trump’s inauguration. The presence of a Chinese language official as senior as Han is unprecedented at US presidential inaugurations, the place Beijing is often represented by its ambassador in Washington. 

“Han met . . . Elon Musk, and welcomed US companies including Tesla to seize opportunities and share the fruits of China’s development,” China’s state-run information company Xinhua reported.

Han additionally met enterprise leaders from the US-China Business Council and the US Chamber of Commerce on Sunday, in addition to Trump’s incoming vice-president JD Vance.

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Han and Vance mentioned the lethal artificial opioid fentanyl, which successive US administrations have pushed Beijing to crack down on, in addition to regional stability and balancing commerce, the Trump-Vance transition group mentioned in an announcement. 

US enterprise leaders up to now have sought to play a moderating affect in often-volatile Sino-US relations, a job Beijing appears wanting to encourage forward of the second Trump administration.

Han described US enterprise as a “backbone” of relations between the international locations, and urged companies to “play an active role as a bridge” in US-China relations, Xinhua mentioned. 

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