{"id":2031781,"date":"2023-09-14T12:56:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-14T16:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/taiwan-blasts-musk-after-he-calls-country-integral-part-of-china\/"},"modified":"2023-09-14T12:57:47","modified_gmt":"2023-09-14T16:57:47","slug":"taiwan-blasts-musk-after-he-calls-country-integral-part-of-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/taiwan-blasts-musk-after-he-calls-country-integral-part-of-china\/","title":{"rendered":"Taiwan criticizes Musk for labeling it as part of China."},"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\">20<\/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%2Ftaiwan-blasts-musk-after-he-calls-country-integral-part-of-china%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=2031781&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--><h2>Taiwan Slams Elon Musk, Asserts Independence<\/h2>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">After Tesla CEO Elon Musk characterized Taiwan \u2064as an \u201cintegral part\u200d of China,\u201d\u200d Taiwan\u2019s Foreign Minister \u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/09\/14\/taiwan-slams-elon-musk-says-its-not-for-sale-after-he-defends-chinas-policy\/?utm_campaign=nypost&#038;utm_medium=social&#038;utm_source=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reacted furiously<\/a>, saying Taiwan was \u201cnot for sale.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">During the \u201cAll\u2063 In\u201d Summit, Musk made controversial remarks, comparing Taiwan&#8217;s situation to that of Hawaii, stating that it is an integral part of China. Taiwan&#8217;s Foreign Minister Joseph Wu strongly disagreed, emphasizing Taiwan&#8217;s distinct identity.<\/p>\n<h3>Taiwan&#8217;s Stand<\/h3>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Joseph Wu highlighted the fact that X (formerly called Twitter) is blocked in China, and he questioned Musk&#8217;s support for such policies. He also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/illegal-iranian-oil-shipments-to-china-skyrocketed-in-2021\/\" title=\"Illegal Iranian Oil Shipments to China Skyrocketed in 2021\">mentioned reports<\/a> \u200bthat Musk \u200bdenied Ukraine access to\u200d SpaceX&#8217;s\u2064 Starlink satellite network for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/taiwan-blasts-musk-after-he-calls-country-integral-part-of-china\/\" title=\"Taiwan criticizes Musk for labeling it as part of China.\">potential military\u200d purposes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">In response, \u200cWu tweeted, &#8220;Hope @ElonMusk can also ask\u200b the CCP to open @X to its people. Perhaps \u2064he thinks banning it is\u2064 a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-to-return-to-full-employment-next-year-if-congress-passes-1-9-trillion-relief-bill-yellen\/\" title=\"US to Return to Full Employment Next Year if Congress Passes .9 Trillion Relief Bill: Yellen\">good policy<\/a>, like turning off @Starlink to thwart Ukraine\u2019s counterstrike against Russia. Listen \u2064up, \u2063Taiwan is not part of \u2062the [People\u2019s Republic of China] \u2064&#038; certainly not for sale!&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Musk&#8217;s Controversial Statements<\/h3>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">This is\u200b not the first time Musk has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/entire-school-board-resigns-after-mocking-parents\/\" title=\"Entire school board resigns after mocking parents\">sparked outrage<\/a> in Taiwan.\u2062 In a\u2063 previous interview with the\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/10\/10\/china-lauds-elon-musks-suggestion-that-taiwan-become-a-special-administrative-zone\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Financial Times<\/a>, he \u2064suggested that Taiwan should become a &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/no-more-handouts-josh-hawley-introduces-bill-ending-disneys-special-copyright-protections\/\" title=\"\u2018No More Handouts\u2019: Josh Hawley Introduces Bill Ending Disney\u2019s Special Copyright Protections\">special administrative zone<\/a>&#8221; controlled \u2062by\u200b China. Taiwan&#8217;s representative to the U.S., \u200dBi-khim Hsiao, firmly rejected this idea, emphasizing \u200cthat Taiwan&#8217;s freedom and democracy\u2063 are\u2062 not \u2063negotiable.<\/p>\n<h3>China&#8217;s Influence on Tesla<\/h3>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">China holds significant importance for Tesla, being \u200bits second-largest market and the production hub for half of its cars. Additionally, over one-quarter of Tesla&#8217;s revenue reportedly comes from China.\u200b In 2019, Tesla became\u200b the first foreign \u200dautomaker to establish an\u200d independent factory in China.<\/p>\n<h3>Tensions Between\u2064 China \u2062and\u2063 Taiwan<\/h3>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">The relationship between China and Taiwan has long been\u2064 contentious. China considers Taiwan as\u200d part of \u200bits\u2062 territory, while Taiwan has maintained\u200c its \u2063independence \u2062since 1949. The United States has \u200dnot officially recognized Taiwan&#8217;s\u200c independence, leading to \u2063ongoing geopolitical tensions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After Elon Musk labeled Taiwan as a part of China, Taiwan&#8217;s Foreign Minister responded angrily, asserting that Taiwan was not up for grabs. Musk made the statement during the &#8220;All In&#8221; Summit, emphasizing China&#8217;s longstanding policy of reunification over several decades.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":60,"featured_media":2031782,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2031781","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2031781","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\/60"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2031781"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2031781\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2031782"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2031781"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2031781"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2031781"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}