Jeff Bezos points out that China's relationship with Elon Musk, who bought Twitter, may worsen

It has been revealed that Tesla, SpaceX founder and world's leading wealthy man Elon Musk will buy Twitter for $ 44 billion . Taking advantage of this, Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos raises the provocative question, 'Isn't it difficult to run Tesla in China?'

Jeff Bezos Takes Aim at Musk's Twitter Deal With China Jibe --Bloomberg
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-04-26/bezos-asks-will-musk-s-twitter-deal-disrupt-tesla-in-china

China, the world's largest electric vehicle market, is also the land of Tesla's first overseas factory. Half of the Tesla cars produced in 2021 were manufactured at the company's Shanghai plant, and Mr. Musk once said that 'this number could be doubled', the importance of the Chinese plant. ..

Meanwhile, Bezos said, 'In 2021, Tesla's second largest market was China. Chinese battery makers have become a major supplier of Tesla's electric vehicles. Since 2009, China has banned Twitter. Since then, the Chinese government has had little influence over Twitter. (But it may have changed (but with Mr. Musk's acquisition of Twitter), 'said the tweet ,' Interesting. The Chinese government. Did he gain a little influence on the town square (Twitter)? '

Interesting question. Did the Chinese government just gain a bit of leverage over the town square? Https://t.co/jTiEnabP6T

— Jeff Bezos (@JeffBezos) April 25, 2022

He went on to say, 'My answer to this question is'probably not'. The more likely result is that Tesla's complexity in China will increase rather than censorship on Twitter. 'However, masks are good at navigating this kind of complexity.'

But we'll see. Musk is extremely good at navigating this kind of complexity.

— Jeff Bezos (@JeffBezos) April 26, 2022

After the decision to buy Twitter, Musk tweeted, 'I want those who criticize me to stay on Twitter, because that's freedom of speech.' This was an act that appealed that Twitter would become a platform that allows more freedom of speech even after the acquisition. However, Twitter is banned by government authorities in China.

I hope that even my worst critics remain on Twitter, because that is what free speech means

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 25, 2022

In the first place, Mr. Musk's electric car company Tesla has received various incentives from China such as tax incentives, low loans, permission to fully own domestic business in China, which led to the success of the business in China. It is said. Mr. Bezos suggests that the relationship between Tesla and Mr. Musk, who have such a honeymoon relationship, and the Chinese government will be destroyed by the acquisition of Twitter.