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Not even the slings and arrows of icy international relations and the burgeoning chip wars are enough to scare off tech billionaire Elon Musk, who is in China this week to meet with politicians and business people.
It is the first time Musk has been back in Beijing in three years, following the reopening of China’s borders late in 2022. Tesla, the electric carmaker of which Musk is — lest we forget — still CEO, has its largest manufacturing hub in China, and China is the second-biggest buyer of Tesla vehicles after the US...
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