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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Helen Davidson and agencies

Taiwan tells Elon Musk it is ‘not for sale’ after latest China comments

Elon Musk has suggested that China might view Taiwan the same way the US views Hawaii.
Elon Musk has suggested that China might view Taiwan the same way the US views Hawaii. Photograph: Stefani Reynolds/AFP/Getty Images

Taiwan is “not for sale”, the island’s foreign minister has said in a stern rebuke to Elon Musk, who asserted Taiwan was an integral part of China, again wading into the thorny issue relations between Beijing and Taipei. His comments came as dozens of Chinese warships and planes were detected near Taiwan for suspected military exercises.

Musk, the billionaire owner of the social media platform X formerly known as Twitter, as well as the Tesla electric car company and SpaceX, made the comments to the All-In Summit in Los Angeles uploaded to YouTube this week.

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