Elon Musk, the richest man in the world.Picture: Taken from Elon Musk Facebook
U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan in early August. China immediately launched large-scale military exercises around Taiwan, showing intimidation and threatening Taiwan. The international community expressed condemnation. Elon Musk, the world’s richest man and Tesla’s CEO, said in an interview that a conflict in the Taiwan Strait is inevitable and may lead to a loss of 30% of the world’s GDP, and proposed to turn Taiwan into “one of China” to prevent conflicts Special Administrative Region”.
According to the Financial Times, Musk mentioned that the Taiwan conflict is inevitable and that he will not be the only one implicated. Tesla would be involved in any conflict and Apple Inc. would be in very big trouble, not to mention the impact on the global economy. According to Musk’s estimates, in this case, the loss to the global economy will reach 30%.
Musk also said: “My suggestion…is to have a reasonable and feasible special administrative zone for Taiwan, but it may not make everyone happy. In fact, I think it is very likely that , they may have a looser arrangement than Hong Kong.” As soon as the report came out, Taiwanese netizens all scolded and turned: “China is a common passerby”, “Isn’t Ma Togu always pro-China?” , Apple will be miserable.”
Musk’s previous tweets proposing a “peace deal” between Ukraine and Russia also sparked anger among Ukrainians, including: “1. Another annexation referendum in Russia-occupied Ukraine, overseen by the United Nations; Sovereignty of the Rimean peninsula; three, ensure water supply to Crimea; four, give Ukraine neutral status.” And stressed that he does not care whether his proposal is unpopular, “there are millions of people who will be for nothing. death” was his concern.
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