The Chinese Media Lashes Out at Musk for His Coronavirus Tweet《环球时报》批评傅的亿万富翁eling a 'conspiracy theory that slanders China.'
The Chinese State Media is not happy about one of Elon Musk's recent Tweets, warning that it could costthe richest man in the worldbusiness.
He did it via a pass-through organization (EcoHealth)
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk)February 26, 2023
According toa report by CNBC,The Global Timescalled theTesla and Twitter CEOout for advancing what they call a "conspiracy theory that slanders China" about covid leaking from a Chinese lab.
Musk was responding to a tweet claiming that Anthony S. Fauci, the former medical adviser to President Biden and Trump, funded the creation of the coronavirus.
"He did it via a pass-through organization (EcoHealth)," Musk tweeted, implying that the unproven theory was true.
In a social post of their own,The Global Timessnapped back, "these remarks of his have been continuously used by those US right-wing and anti-China media hostile to China as material to frame China."
Don't bite the hand that feeds you
The Global Timesalso asked if Musk is "breaking the pot of China," an expression similar to the English phrase "biting the hand that feeds you," according to CNBC reporter Eunice Woon.
#ChinaCommunist Party paper warns@elonmuskagainst pushing#COVID19lab leak theory.@globaltimesnewsposts on social media "Elon Musk, are you breaking the pot of China?" ("Breaking the pot after eating" is Chinese "biting the hand that feeds you.")https://t.co/iWmMZAOiGtpic.twitter.com/nN1lhMDlYq
— Eunice Yoon (@onlyyoontv)February 28, 2023
Bad relations with the Chinese government could be disastrous for business. China is Tesla's second-largest market after the United States, making up around 40 percent of its total sales. Tesla also has a massive factory in Shanghai.
Musk has not responded to theGlobal Times' post.
