Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia – Billionaire Elon Musk made another controversial statement. The CEO of Tesla and SpaceX has suggested that tensions between China and Taiwan could be resolved by ceding part of the control of Taipei to Beijing.
“My recommendation … is to find a special administrative zone for Taiwan that is good enough, it probably won’t make everyone happy,” Musk said in an interview with the Financial Times, cited by Reuters on Sunday (9/10/2022) .
Relations between China and Taiwan have become increasingly heated after United States (US) House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taipei last August.
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Following the visit, China, which claims Taiwan is one of its democratically governed provinces, is angry and has begun military mobilization around the island.
The Taiwanese government itself strongly opposes China’s claim to sovereignty and claims that only the island’s 23 million residents can decide its future.
China offered Taiwan a “one country, two systems” model of autonomy similar to that of Hong Kong, but which was rejected by all major Taiwanese political parties and received no public support, especially after Beijing National Security Law enacted. difficult in Taiwan. cities in 2020.
“And it’s possible, and I think it’s possible, in fact, that they can have a more lenient deal than Hong Kong,” Musk added.
Wang Ting-yu, a senior lawmaker from the Democratic Progressive Party of Taiwan who sits on the parliament’s foreign affairs and defense committee, criticized Musk on his Facebook page.
“Individual independent companies cannot take their ownership as a joke,” Wang said. “So why should they casually ignore the democratic freedoms, sovereignty and lifestyle of Taiwan’s 23 million people? It’s unacceptable to Ukraine and Taiwan certainly won’t allow it.”
A senior Taiwanese official familiar with security planning in the region told Reuters that Musk needed to find a clear-headed political adviser.
“The world clearly saw what happened in Hong Kong,” said the official who asked not to be named because he was not authorized to speak to the media. “Hong Kong’s economic and social excitement suddenly ended under Beijing’s totalitarian rule.”
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Mao Ning, when asked about Musk’s remarks, said Taiwan is an internal affair. “Beijing will continue to adhere to the principle of peaceful reunification while resolutely repressing Taiwanese separatism,” he added.
Earlier this week, Musk proposed that Ukraine permanently cede Crimea to Russia, that a new referendum be held under the auspices of the United Nations to determine the fate of the Russian-controlled territories, and that Ukraine accept the neutrality.
He asked Twitter users to consider his plans. This sparked sharp criticism from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who proposed his Twitter poll: “Which @elonmusk do you prefer? Someone who supports Ukraine (or) supports Russia.”
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