Tesla, the world’s largest electric vehicle company, touted the new car showroom on Weibo, a Chinese social media website. The company is headed by Elon Musk, who has gone all-in on investing in China as he praises the Chinese Communist Party. The U.S. is relying on another Musk company, SpaceX, to launch satellites and astronauts into space.
The celebratory Chinese language social media posts by Tesla China exposed the new store that had opened in Urumqi, capital of the Uyghur Autonomous Region of Xinjiang, northwest China. “On the last day of 2021, we meet in Xinjiang. In 2022, let us launch Xinjiang on its electric journey together!” reads a post by Tesla. One of the pictures featured a sign saying that “Tesla [loves] Xinjiang.”
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“Urumqi Tesla Center officially opened!” another Tesla post said. “As the first Tesla center in Xinjiang, it integrates sales, after-sales, and delivery to help Xinjiang users enjoy a one-stop service experience, and also escort Tesla owners on their western journey.”
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Biden signed the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act into law on December 23.
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In July, the U.S. government released a Xinjiang Supply Chain Business Advisory, arguing that China’s “crimes against humanity include imprisonment, torture, rape, forced sterilization, and persecution.”
The Commerce Department has blacklisted numerous Chinese companies it contends are complicit.
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In December, Musk was questioned about his thoughts on China during an interview at the Wall Street Journal’s CEO Council Summit.
Musk predicted that “China is probably going to have an economy two to three times the size of the United States” and said, “Tesla has a good relationship with China, and I don’t mean to endorse everything that China does any more than I would, say, endorse everything the United States does, or any country.”
In June, when the CCP was commemorating its 100th anniversary, Musk tweeted to his 66.2 million followers, “The economic prosperity that China has achieved is truly amazing, especially in infrastructure! I encourage people to visit and see for themselves.”
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Musk shared his tweet with 1.9 million followers on Weibo, while state-run media also parroted the comments.
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SEC filings by Tesla show its revenue has grown in China, bringing in $14.87 billion, $12.65 billion, and $15.2 billion from the U.S. in 2018, 2019, and 2020, respectively, compared to Tesla’s revenue of $1.76 billion, $2.98 billion, and $6.66 billion in China. According to the China Passenger Car Association, Tesla China sold nearly 53,000 made-in-China vehicles in November.