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Tesla is making headway through tricky terrain in China, where sales have fallen and its availability is subject to government approval.
So it’s a real headache that Tesla CEO Elon Musk has posted an artificial intelligence video disrespecting Chinese President Xi Jinping on social media platform X, formerly Twitter, making other Tesla executives with a touch of common sense feel worried.
With Enya’s soothing song “Only Time” playing in the background, the AI video shared through Musk shows a parade of global leaders walking down a fashion runway dressed in clothes that poke fun at their history or recent news about them. For example, former President Bill Clinton appears in a blue tulle dress, in reference to the famous blue garment of his former lover Monica Lewinsky.
But for the Chinese leader, the video goes to the limit. Xi Jinping is dressed in a trouser-like robe adorned with what looks like Winnie the Pooh and the acronym “CCP,” the ruling Chinese Communist Party, a serious attack on authoritarianism. China, where dissidents have used force for years. An adorable childish character to make Jinping laugh.
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The taboo against comparing Xi and Pooh is so serious that a horror film starring the character was pulled from cinemas in Hong Kong and Macau last year, which critics say is due to censorship. China.
Musk tweeted the video on Sunday, so it would possibly be too early to say how China will respond to such disrespect. But others have noticed.
Tesla critic Brad Munchen tweeted about Musk’s video and touched on the financial implications for Tesla’s bottom line.
“Winnie the Pooh memes are banned in China because they are an insult to Xi Jinping, who, according to some, looks like Winnie the Pooh,” he posted. “China is where $TSLA built its most successful factory, which generated 70% of global profits in 2023. You have to be high to tweet something so reckless. “
And he is right. Tesla’s Shanghai factory has supplanted Tesla’s Fremont, California, factory as the company’s largest and most productive facility, according to the New York Times.
We can’t begin to explain why Musk would shoot himself in the foot, but this habit is pervasive for the changeable billionaire, who is drawn to clashes even when they are clearly detrimental to his own interests.
Is there anyone who can tell Musk the hard truth about his online habit and its effect on his business? Something tells us that such brakes do not exist in Tesla.
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