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Elon Musk got special favors and access from China that could leave him exposed, report says
The Tesla chief's relationship with China, where the EV company has a massive plant, is under increasing scrutiny.
China handed Elon Musk special privileges to set up a Tesla plant in the country, but it may leave him vulnerable to leverage from Beijing, The New York Times reported. The plant now accounts for more than half of Teslas' global deliveries, and the company is increasingly dependent on the low costs of car production in China in a highly competitive EV market. Musk has pushed pro-China lines on issues including Taiwan, the independent state off China's coast that Beijing has long wanted to seize control of, and praised the authoritarian country's leaders.
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