Elon Musk Swoons Over China on Communist Party’s 100th Anniversary: ‘Truly Amazing’

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Elon Musk appeared to praise China for its “truly amazing” economy in a Thursday message on Twitter.

“The economic prosperity that China has achieved is truly amazing, especially in infrastructure!” Musk wrote. “I encourage people to visit and see for themselves.”

The founder of Tesla and SpaceX was writing in response to a message from Xinhua News, a state-backed media organization, celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party’s founding. The message contained a quote from Chinese President Xi Jinping claiming his country had reached its first “centenary goal” of eliminating “absolute poverty.”

The economic prosperity that China has achieved is truly amazing, especially in infrastructure! I encourage people to visit and see for themselves.

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 1, 2021

Musk’s comment might have been related to his electric-vehicle company, Tesla, which relies on China for manufacturing and some of its sales. The company sold 33,463 vehicles in May that manufactured in China, according to figures from China’s Passenger Car Association. The group also said year-over-year sales for electric vehicles in the country increased by 177 percent in May.

Critics on social media widely scorned Musk’s praise for the country where minorities are tortured and political opposition is mostly outlawed.

China’s dictators kidnapped its version of Elon Musk, Jack Ma. Source: https://t.co/pNM6Lz4m1N https://t.co/9N5OxPe86O

— Ezra Levant ? (@ezralevant) July 1, 2021

Elon Musk hits up Xinhua News in the replies to join in the celebratory euphoria and encourage people of the world to come and see the real China for themselves https://t.co/zxCXnTfw2A

— Jonathan Cheng (@JChengWSJ) July 1, 2021

like in the plumbing in the concentration camps where they keep individuals that the state deems to have the wrong religion? Like that?

— Joel Heyman (@JoelHeyman) July 1, 2021

WOW. You think he realizes they do all of that by burning fossil fuel? Or does that only matter for #Bitcoin?

Guess he could care less as long as they buy a Tesla.

Maybe he should stop selling Tesla in China till they are 51% renewable energy. https://t.co/NS6MEpPiYm

— MeanHash ₿ ✪ (@MeanHash) July 1, 2021

Should we also commend them for their torture, subjugation, and forced indoctrination of minority populations?

— Jordan Schachtel @ dossier.substack.com (@JordanSchachtel) July 1, 2021

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