According to the US media reported on the 21st, many Republican lawmakers in the United States expressed their concerns about the US Space Exploration Technology Corporation (SpaceX) to the media.
Because the company's CEO Musk frequently carries out business activities in China, the company also has a lot of business contacts with China, looking at Musk who is "closely related" to China, they are very worried that the company's space technology will be "stolen" by China.
Moreover, tesla, which is owned by this company, has a large market in China. As a new energy vehicle, Tesla motors are also liked by some Chinese. However, U.S. politicians are worried that while a large number of Tesla cars flow into the Chinese market, the technology developed by SpaceX will also be "stolen" by China.
One of the Republican lawmakers told the media that he was originally a fan of Musk and liked SpaceX, which was full of technology and power. But because the company has a lot of business in China, he worries that the company's technology will unknowingly flow to China.
Moreover, Chinese companies also own a stake in SpaceX. He worries that Chinese companies will take away SpaceX's technology after taking a stake, which is a "secret" belonging to American companies.
The Chinese company he is referring to is Tencent in the mainland. At present, Tencent holds a 5% stake in Tesla, which may have posed a "threat" to REPUBLICAN lawmakers in the United States.
At a time when the Russian-Ukrainian conflict continued to ferment, the US government played up the "China threat" and said that it should "guard" China from the scientific and technological and economic points of view.
Therefore, public opinion believes that it is very normal for Tesla to carry out business in China today and cause "uneasiness" in the US government.
Moreover, in order to encourage foreign companies like Tesla to develop in China, the mainland government has given Tesla some preferential policies. It has also made U.S. politicians suspicious of Tesla's relationship with the Chinese government.
However, U.S. politicians have said nothing about the multiple surveillance devices Tesla has installed on its cars.
Since the release of Tesla's new model in 2019, there have been as many as 8 cameras on Tesla cars, which can also monitor the situation inside the car and within 250 meters of the car. In this way, although Tesla motors claim to bring owners a more "secure" riding experience, they are also exposing the privacy of car owners.
Some car owners have questioned such models: If "hackers" successfully hack into these cameras, will Tesla Motors be responsible for the consequences of the owner's privacy exposure?
Today, U.S. politicians are worried that Tesla will reveal their "classified technology" to China. The U.S. commerce secretary also called China's attempts to steal U.S. technology "well documented" and hoped that China would not do anything that threatened U.S. national security.
In this regard, a researcher at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences said: The suspicions of US politicians about China are groundless, and all they do is just to meet the current political goals of the United States.
SpaceX CEO Musk also previously told the media that he hopes that the United States will have more trust in China. Only when the Chinese and American governments have established a relationship of mutual trust can the enterprises of the two countries have a broader space for development.