Oh Elon...

[GentleGeorge]

https://www.theguardian.com/technolo...zone-hong-kong

[sarsi]

Che. No big deal, he's entitled to his opinion. I'm entitled to think he's a fat pineapple face.

[AsianXpat0]

Sad indeed how some well-meaning people end up regurgitating propaganda talking points isn’t it.

[sarsi]

I don't give a shit what Elon Musk thinks about Taiwan or China or anything unless it is related to his own businessees. For all intents and purposes, Taiwan is and has always been an independent country since 19...whatever. In real actual form and substance. They are not beholden or dependent to anyone for any support or decision and whatever concerns and risk China poses to its status and economy is that of a completely independent third party.

The only thing missing is the 0.0000000001% of international recognition. If every country decided tomorrow ok let's just stop wasting time on worrying what name to call Taiwan and just continue to call it Taiwan as we are all doing now and delete all the complaints abt name is wrong and unacceptable, nothing else would or need to change. World continues to turn and stars continue to shine. The only common pt btw Taiwan and other countries in similar jams is that they are being stalked by a psychotic clingy ex/MIL.

[Morrison]

I don't give a shit what Elon Musk thinks about Taiwan or China or anything unless it is related to his own businessees. For all intents and purposes, Taiwan is and has always been an independent country since 19...whatever. In real actual form and substance. They are not beholden or dependent to anyone for any support or decision and whatever concerns and risk China poses to its status and economy is that of a completely independent third party.

The only thing missing is the 0.0000000001% of international recognition. If every country decided tomorrow ok let's just stop wasting time on worrying what name to call Taiwan and just continue to call it Taiwan as we are all doing now and delete all the complaints abt name is wrong and unacceptable, nothing else would or need to change. World continues to turn and stars continue to shine. The only common pt btw Taiwan and other countries in similar jams is that they are being stalked by a psychotic clingy ex/MIL.

I must admit you know your history

[shri]

Sad indeed how some well-meaning people end up regurgitating propaganda talking points isn’t it.

Small cost to license the wechat stack..

[emx]

He needs to focus on his rockets and keep his mouth shut.

[Elefant&Castle]

There is a long interview in the FT with him also this weekend - lunch with their Editor - could have been better.

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. Musk has been an admirer of as well as an investor in China. But he is not immune to the gathering US-China tensions or the risk of a Chinese takeover of Taiwan. 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.

Musk reckons that conflict over Taiwan is inevitable but he is quick to point out that he won’t be alone in suffering the consequences. Tesla will be caught up in any conflict, he says, though, curiously, he seems to assume that the Shanghai factory will still be able to supply to customers in China, but not anywhere else. “Apple would be in very deep trouble, that’s for sure . . . ” he adds, not to mention the global economy, which he estimates, with precision, will take a 30 per cent hit.

https://www.ft.com/content/5ef14997-...8-b5d67202623a

[chobochobo]

I need that shoulder shrug emoticon.

It's not really the worst thing he's said.

[Baklava]

Not difficult to see the pattern in his diplomatic solutions: give the powerful despots what they want (and let's all go back to business).