Musk-Xi Meeting Shows Tight Relationship China Has With Tesla
Xi Jinping in San Francisco, California, on Nov. 15.
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The cozy relationship between Elon Musk’s Tesla Inc. and China was on display again on Wednesday when President Xi Jinping expressed support for the US carmaker in China and Musk in turn expressed his gratitude for that warm reception.
According to a Weibo post from Tesla’s official China account, Musk, the CEO of Tesla, attended a banquet on the evening of Nov. 15 to welcome Xi, who’s in San Francisco to meet and hold talks with US President Joe Biden as part of this week’s Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation leaders’ meetings.