Elon Musk’s ‘Special Administrative Zone’ Remarks Anger Taiwan’s Military, Says No More Tesla ‘Purchases’

Elon Musk’s ‘Special Administrative Zone’ Remarks Anger Taiwan’s Military, Says No More Tesla ‘Purchases’
SpaceX founder Elon Musk during a T-Mobile and SpaceX joint event in Boca Chica Beach, Texas, on Aug. 25, 2022. Michael Gonzalez/Getty Images
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Days after Elon Musk suggested that Chinese leader Xi Jinping should “figure out a special administrative zone for Taiwan,” the Taiwanese minister said its military would not buy more Tesla Inc. cars.

Taiwan’s Minister of Board of Military Operations Chiu Kuo Cheng told a legislative session that the Taiwanese army “will definitely not make any more purchases” from Musk’s company, reported Radio Free Asia.