Elon Musk Offers Proposal To Resolve China-Taiwan Tensions

Elon Musk, days after floating a possible deal to end the war between Russia and Ukraine that drew condemnation in Ukraine, suggested that tensions between China and Taiwan could be resolved by...

Billionaire Elon Musk, days after touting a potential deal to end the much-condemned war between Russia and Ukraine, suggested that tensions between China and Taiwan could be resolved by handing some control of Taiwan over to Beijing.

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Designating a special administrative region for Taiwan is reasonably palatable, and probably won't make everyone happy, Musk, the world's richest person, told the Financial Times in an interview published on Friday. newspaper about china,

His electric car company, Tesla, runs a large factory in Shanghai.

Beijing, which says democratically governed Taiwan is one of its provinces, has vowed to bring Taiwan under its control and has not ruled out the use of force to do so.

Taiwan's government strongly opposes China's claims to sovereignty and says only the island's 23 million residents can decide its future.

"It's possible, and I think it's likely, in fact, that they would have a more lenient arrangement than Hong Kong," Musk was quoted as saying.

The Shanghai plant accounted for about half of Tesla's global shipments last year. Musk also said that China has sought assurances that he will not offer his company's Starlink internet service to SpaceX missiles there.

Musk said he believed a conflict over Taiwan was inevitable and warned of its potential impact not only on Tesla,

But also on iPhone maker Apple and the broader economy. The interview did not reveal the details of these statements.

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