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Tesla is in difficult territory in China, where sales have plummeted and its availability is subject to approval.
So it’s a real headache that Tesla CEO Elon Musk has posted an AI video disrespecting Chinese President Xi Jinping on the social media platform and other Tesla executives with a dash of common sense in a compatibility of concern.
With Enya’s relaxing song “Only Time” playing in the background, the AI video shared via Musk shows a parade of global leaders walking down a fashion runway dressed in clothing that mocks their history or recent news about them. For example, former President Bill Clinton appears in a blue tulle dress, a reference to the famous blue dress 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 theaters in Hong Kong and Macau last year, which critics say is due to China’s censorship.
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 some say looks like Winnie the Pooh,” he posted. “China is where $TSLA built its most successful factory, generating 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 overtaken 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 mercurial billionaire, who is drawn to conflict even when doing so is obviously bad for 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 those brakes do not exist in Tesla.
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