Hong-Kong Protests

manqiangrexue said:

1. I think he did through competition. We picked up right when he entered the Chinese market. He also invested more money in China than I care to even check.
2. Even if he didn't, where the hell are you going with this? I said we don't need Taylor Swift's singing crap in China and you're talking about exactly what Elon Musk did or didn't bring to China?? Of all the point-to-point arguments I made against you, look at the length of my post, this is what you choose to linger on while failing to answer everything else??

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AndrewS said:

Remember that it was the Shanghai city government and Chinese banks that gave Tesla the land and money to build the Shanghai factory. At the time, Tesla was flirting (again) with bankruptcy.

Tesla's entry did spur Chinese domestic industry, but it was already on that trajectory anyway.

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daifo said:

Hong Kong as a international city is collapsing so hard under the new regime that airline passenger traffic at HK airport has increased 42% in 1 year period

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henrik said:

When you compare with 2023 which was still down from covid effects, of course the growth was big. What they need is some big events, like Taylor Swift concerts, that will bring in foreign tourists.

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henrik said:

When you compare with 2023 which was still down from covid effects, of course the growth was big. What they need is some big events, like Taylor Swift concerts, that will bring in foreign tourists.

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