{"id":1431581,"date":"2022-04-11T17:15:19","date_gmt":"2022-04-11T21:15:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1431581"},"modified":"2022-04-11T17:15:22","modified_gmt":"2022-04-11T21:15:22","slug":"ni-hao-comrade-elon-musk-stars-in-chinese-embassy-event-on-space-exploration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ni-hao-comrade-elon-musk-stars-in-chinese-embassy-event-on-space-exploration\/","title":{"rendered":"Ni Hao, Comrade: Elon Musk Stars in Chinese Embassy Event on Space Exploration"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fni-hao-comrade-elon-musk-stars-in-chinese-embassy-event-on-space-exploration%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1431581&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">A recent Chinese embassy event focused on the future of space exploration heavily featured Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk who has dramatically increased his production of electric vehicles in the communist country.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<em>South China Morning Post<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/diplomacy\/article\/3173723\/elon-musk-featured-chinese-embassy-event-focused-space\">reports<\/a>\u00a0that Elon Musk was a key feature of a recent event at Beijing\u2019s embassy in Washington DC on Saturday that focused on space exploration. Musk reportedly pre-recorded a segment about space travel which was played on three large screens to an audience of schoolchildren, their parents and teachers, embassy staff, and journalists.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_16833518\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2021\/06\/Chinese-Communist-U.S.-Consulate.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">(AP Photo\/Jeff Chiu)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_18021450\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Elon-Musk-watches-SpaceX-launch.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18021450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Elon-Musk-watches-SpaceX-launch.jpg\" alt=\"Elon Musk watches SpaceX launch\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Elon Musk watches SpaceX launch (Joe Raedle \/Getty)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>In the segment, Musk states:\u00a0\u201cI look forward to humanity working together to form self-sustaining civilization on Mars and other planets.\u201d The inclusion of Musk in the event comes after Beijing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/news\/chinese-web-users-blast-musk-over-space-station-near-misses\/\">accused the United States of irresponsible and unsafe conduct<\/a> in space last year over two \u201cclose encounters\u201d between China\u2019s space station and satellites operated by SpaceX.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Musk has spent a significant amount of time in recent years cozying up to China after opening two Tesla factories in the country.\u00a0Breitbart News senior contributor Peter Schweizer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/tech\/2022\/01\/22\/peter-schweizers-red-handed-exposes-communist-chinas-silicon-valley-sympathizers\/\">described Musk\u2019s relationship with the communist country<\/a> in his new book\u00a0<em>Red-Handed<\/em>, noting that Musk initially stated he would not be opening production facilities in the country:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Then Beijing rolled out the red carpet: Chinese government\u2013backed banks coughed up $1.6 billion in subsidized loans. And the regulatory red tape to build in China was eliminated by government authorities. \u201cWhat surprised me is how little time it took for the regulatory process to get approved by the Chinese government,\u201d explained Ivan Su, an analyst at Morningstar Inc. The enormous plant was built in less than a year.<\/p>\n<p>Musk arrived in the country for the groundbreaking ceremony and met with top-ranking officials. Two days later, he was meeting with Vice Premier Li Keqiang in the private compound reserved for high- ranking visitors. \u201cI love China very much and I am willing to come here more,\u201d Musk reportedly told Li. The vice premier offered to make him a permanent resident in the country.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Read more at the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/diplomacy\/article\/3173723\/elon-musk-featured-chinese-embassy-event-focused-space\"><em>South China Morning Post<\/em> here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><i>Lucas Nolan is a reporter for Breitbart News covering issues of free speech and online censorship. Follow him on Twitter\u00a0<\/i><i><a class=\"x5l\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/lucasnolan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@LucasNolan<\/a>\u00a0<\/i><i>or contact via secure email at the address\u00a0<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"mailto:lucasnolan@protonmail.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">lucasnolan@protonmail.com<\/a><\/i><i><\/i><\/strong><i><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A recent Chinese embassy event focused on the future of space exploration heavily featured Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk who has dramatically increased his production of electric vehicles in<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1431581","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1431581","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1431581"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1431581\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1431581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1431581"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1431581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}