There is Elon Musk’s twin in China, his name is Elong Musk and rides a Tesla too

SUZHOU, KOMPAS.com – Along with the hectic news about Elon Musk who acquired Twitter recently, the popularity of its twin in China come up.

This Elon Musk lookalike in China calls himself Chinese Musk, also known as Elong Musk atau Yilong Ma.

He is from Suzhou, Jiangsu province, and went viral on TikTok after the real Elon Musk acknowledged his resemblance in December 2021.

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“Maybe I’m some Chinese!” Elon Musk tweeted after being shown a photo of Elong Musk, as quoted from NewsweekThursday (28/4/2022).

Not only that his face is similar, Elong Musk also has the same hairstyle and drives a car Tesla.

Elong Musk also appears to be in favor of the Tesla and SpaceX boss’s acquisition of Twitter. In his upload on Thursday (28/4/2022), he stood in front of his black Tesla while holding a print of the Twitter logo.

Until Sunday (1/5/2022) the video got 5.6 million views.

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@ mayilong0 This is a free bird. I like him and I’m going to go to him right now. Because Elon Musk is my brother#elonmusk #tesla #twitter ? dance(256762) – TimTaj

By far his most viral video was on April 13, 2022 with 10.4 million views. Elong Musk said, “Thanks, Tesla. I love you, Elon Musk,” in broken English.

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@ mayilong0 From Ma Yilong’s love for Musk#elonmusk #tesla @ mayilong0 @elonxmusk ? Sunroof – Nicky Youre & dazy

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Elon Musk is now the owner of Twitter, the social media giant of the United States (US), after making a purchase worth 44 billion US dollars (Rp 643 trillion) on Tuesday (26/4/2022).

According to Elon Musk, he bought Twitter as a way to protect free speech, and stated at a conference earlier this month that his offer was not a way to make money.

On Tuesday (26/4/2022) Elon Musk also hosted the Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment of Indonesia Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan who made a working visit to the United States.

The meeting, which was also accompanied by the Chairman of the Advisory Council of Kadin Anindya Bakrie, Special Staff of former Bukalapak CEO Rachmat Kaimuddin, and the Indonesian Ambassador to the US Roesan Roeslani was serious but relaxed.

Spokesperson for Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs Jodi Mahardi said Luhut and Elon Musk discussed nickel and electric batteries.

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