Taiwan politicians dismiss Elon Musk's 'ill-informed and belittling' China comments

[yaesu]

Musk, the world’s richest person, suggested giving China some control over the island to resolve the cross-strait dispute

Taiwanese politicians have dismissed comments from Elon Musk, the world’s richest person, that allowing China to have some control over the island would resolve the cross-strait dispute, urging him to respect the wishes of Taiwan’s citizens.

Musk’s suggestion to “figure out a special administrative zone for Taiwan that is reasonably palatable,” given in an interview with the Financial Times on Saturday, was welcomed by China’s ambassador to the US.

The ambassador, Qin Gang, said “peaceful reunification and ‘one country two systems’ are our basic principles for resolving the Taiwan question … and the best approach to realising national reunification.”

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/oct/10/taiwan-elon-musk-china-special-admin-region-comments-ill-informed-and-belittling

[The Unmitigated Gall]

1. JFC what an embarrassment.

[CentralMass]

2. Soon to be owner of twitter.

L

[Irish_Dem]

7. Musk has gone to the dark side, so will twitter.

[CentralMass]

9. Yep.

[JI7]

3. I had heard that Elon Musks real reason for interest in Twitter had to do with China

and I guess by connection his comments on RUssia and Ukraine are kind of related .

[tblue37]

4. One country two systems didn't work out so well for Hong Kong, did it?

[PSPS]

5. So, musk suggests both Taiwan and Ukraine surrender. The untaxed billionaire parasite has spoken!

[Irish_Dem]

6. The world is being divided along the lines of good or evil.

We know which side Musk is on.

[scarletlib]

8. Two points: ask Hong Kong how that two systems one country thing is working out.

Next why not accept that Taiwan has been a state since the end of WWII. You can be ethnically Chinese and still have a separate country. Look at all the Spanish speaking and English speaking countries.

Leave Taiwan alone.