China’s Military Ban on Tesla: Killing Two Birds With One Stone

China’s Military Ban on Tesla: Killing Two Birds With One Stone
(Left) Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing on March 4, 2021. (Leo Ramirez/AFP via Getty Images); (Right) Tesla CEO Elon Musk in Los Angeles, Calif., on June 13, 2019. Mike Blake/Reuters
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China’s military ban on Tesla vehicles could be part of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)’s recent tough diplomatic stance against the United States, and can also be used to limit Tesla’s expansion in China to boost local brands, according to two China experts.

A March 19 notice about Tesla vehicles being banned by China’s army was circulated on Chinese social media, but soon got deleted.

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