Review 1+1: Tesla opened a store in Xinjiang to annoy anyone

On the last day of 2021, Tesla announced on its official Weibo that the first Tesla center set up in Xinjiang was officially opened. However, this news has caused a lot of opposition in the United States, and various groups have accused Tesla of "supporting genocide". White House spokesman Psaki responded by saying that "private companies should oppose China's human rights abuses and genocide in Xinjiang" and warned that Tesla "faces serious legal, reputational and customer risks."

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CCTV News: Tesla's opening of the store is like a drop of clear water, reflecting the vigorous development of Xinjiang

As a well-known brand of electric vehicles in the world, Tesla has opened more than 200 experience stores and service centers in China, why did the opening of stores in Xinjiang cause such a big backlash from American politicians? This is because Tesla's move is like a needle to puncture the big lie involving Xinjiang, opening another window to the world to see the truth of the Xinjiang issue. The anger and intimidation displayed by US politicians are nothing more than the anger and shame after the political plot has been frustrated, but in fact they are extremely weak and panicked. First of all, Tesla opened a store in Xinjiang, which once again proves that the so-called "Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act" in the United States is full of rumors and absurdity! Secondly, Tesla's opening of the store is like a drop of clear water, reflecting not only the vigorous development of Xinjiang, but also the ugly manipulation of politicizing human rights and economic politicization, as well as their own bad deeds. "American-style democracy" is riddled with holes, the most basic right to life of the American people is difficult to guarantee, and AMERICAN politicians still have the heart to "care" about the so-called "human rights" in Xinjiang, which is thousands of miles away.

Communist Youth League Central Committee: The United States cut a knife in its own body, and the pain can never be China

Tesla's opening of a store in Xinjiang reflects the openness and self-confidence of Xinjiang and even the whole of China. China itself has many local new energy vehicle brands, but China has not raised the threshold for market access, let alone blocked foreign companies such as Tesla. China's new energy vehicles compete with Tesla on the same stage, and they have also won their respective market shares. Now if Washington really forces Tesla to close stores, it will become a big scandal between the United States and Tesla. The United States slashed a knife in its own body, and the pain could never be China. Don't engage in political interference with market behavior, which Washington often talks about, but now it has begun to "talk about martial arts" on its own. Washington is struggling with economic laws, hoping to shape technology and technology concerns through political power and ideology, using artificial means to force companies to make choices that violate the law, and fantasizing about one day building a "high-end technology alliance" that excludes China. This makes people have to sigh that the United States is really not confident. Twisted with the trend and the general trend, the United States is doomed to struggle.

Defense Times: It's purely about moving a rock and dropping it on your own feet

The culprits of "forced labor" and "genocide" did not appear in Xinjiang, but appeared in the history of Western countries represented by the United States, probably with the mentality that I have committed crimes that you must also have, and how ridiculous it is to open the fig leaf and put the mistakes on China. On the one hand, the United States requires China to lower the entry threshold in investment and trade, allowing American companies to develop more business in China, on the other hand, for political purposes, it requires enterprises not to expand their business in China according to market laws, and also intervenes in the politics of enterprises. Not to mention how shameless this is, hurting the interests of multinational enterprises, and fundamentally hurting the national interests of the United States.

Beijing News: Re-prove the absurdity of the US Xinjiang-related bill

The accusations of some anti-China politicians and groups in the United States have to some extent proved the absurdity of the so-called Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act. The fundamental goal of the United States in signing this bill is to attack Xinjiang's economic development through political pretexts, to remove Xinjiang from the global industrial chain, and then to attack China's related industries. Tesla's "bucking the trend" based on market choices is actually a "spoiler" for the Biden administration to "hard decouple" politically. Therefore, the Xinjiang-related bill promoted by the US government not only has no factual basis, but also has no legal enforceability. Xinjiang's industry and development are not only deeply nested in China's economic system, but also a key node in the global industrial chain network. The United States fabricated charges to restrain private enterprises, doomed to futile efforts.

Expert view: US politicians have put their own businesses in a dilemma

Lu Xiang, a researcher at the Institute of American Studies at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said the United States insisted that China lower the entry threshold in investment and trade and allow American companies to develop more business in China. Now, for political purposes, the United States requires enterprises not to expand their business in China according to the laws of the market, and intervenes in enterprises, which is contradictory. Such a politicization of economic behavior will fundamentally hurt the interests of American companies. In particular, the rise and fall of a high-value, innovative technology company like Tesla is related to the global status of U.S. manufacturing. From this perspective, the politicization of the United States is precisely at the expense of long-term interests for the sake of short-term political demands.