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Chinese investors privately take stakes in Elon Musk's companies (ft.com)
9 points by throwaway5752 5 hours ago | hide | past | favorite | 2 comments





> The investments are being placed through opaque structures known as special-purpose vehicles, which have the benefit of concealing the investors’ identities, to avoid the ire of US authorities

very suspicious

> “How can someone in Musk’s position have so many connections to China but still be a good person to reform the US government?”

Indeed

afaik:

> His second trip to the country in less than a year included a meeting Sunday with Chinese Premier Li Qiang, who praised Tesla as a “successful model” for US-China collaboration.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/29/cars/elon-musk-surprise-visit...

is it possible that Elon Musk was recruited by the MSS during that trip?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry_of_State_Security_(Ch...





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