What Will Happen With Automaker Tesla in China?

What Will Happen With Automaker Tesla in China?
People looking at a Tesla car on display at a showroom in Beijing on May 10, 2020. Noel Celis/AFP via Getty Images
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U.S. automaker Tesla has been suddenly pushed to the forefront of the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) propaganda, gaining importance to the current U.S.–China relationship. The fact that the company is becoming a new bargaining chip for the CCP against the United States should serve as a resounding warning to foreign companies operating in China: To gain access to the Chinese market, foreign companies may have to pay a price far beyond their imagination.

Zhong Yuan
Zhong Yuan
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Zhong Yuan is a researcher focused on China’s political system, the country’s democratization process, human rights situation, and Chinese citizens’ livelihood. He began writing commentaries for the Chinese-language edition of The Epoch Times in 2020.
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