The celebrity CEO is bootlicking his overlords and trying to stay in country, by opening an outlet in a region most multinational companies are boycotting, due to numerous human rights violations.

Elon Musk

Tesla

Xinjiang, China

Tesla is opening a store in Xinjiang, where China is accused of orchestrating a genocide — and where Apple and Google have faced pressure to stay away from

Tesla already has about 30 stores spread throughout mainland China, but it’s the newest one that’s notable.

The electric-vehicle giant opened a showroom in Xinjiang. China is accused of orchestrating a genocide of the Uyghur Muslim minority through internment camps, sterilization, and assimilation in the region.

Tesla announced the new store on the microblogging site Weibo, China’s equivalent of Twitter, on December 31, The Wall Street Journal first reported. The announcement came soon after President Joe Biden signed a bill into law that prohibits imports from the Xinjiang region because of concerns of forced labor. The new Tesla store is set to feature sales and delivery services.

“In 2022, let us together launch Xinjiang on its electric journey!” the post said, The Wall Street Journal reported. The post also included a photo of people holding signs that said, “Tesla (heart) Xinjiang.”

Tesla did not respond to a request for comment. Sales in China have been a key component of the company’s growth in recent years, and its first factory there, in Shanghai, opened in 2020.

Human Rights Watch estimated that China was persecuting 1 million Uyghur Muslims in what the organization called “crimes against humanity.” Chinese authorities have detained people in internment camps, forcing them to abandon their culture for Chinese customs, such as learning Mandarin. Some prisoners have described rape, medical experiments, and forced sterilizations. – Source

Read more on these Tags: , , ,