Hey there followers! I’m Nuked and in this article I’m going to talk about a recent issue Elon Musk has gotten himself into with the Chinese government.

It all started when he tweeted his thoughts on the lab leak theory of the coronavirus origin. The Global Times, a state-run paper in China, has warned Elon Musk about pushing this theory.

The Chinese government is worried that Musk’s tweets could hurt Tesla’s business in their country. Tesla’s Shanghai factory has already been affected by Musk’s other endeavors, like Starlink.

The Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman even asked the US government to “stop defaming China” and “politicizing” the process of tracing the origins of the virus.

The Global Times post said Musk’s tweets and retweets are being used to “frame” China. We have seen before how Twitter has caved under government censorship pressure, but now it’s Musk himself who is the problem.

In comparison to how Tesla responds to the Chinese government, they have a completely different attitude in the US. Musk has at times hung up on government officials and invited followers to make up new acronyms for agencies like the SEC.

It will be interesting to see how this issue with Musk and China will play out. Stay tuned for more updates!