Summarize this content to 2000 words in 6 paragraphs in Arabic Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for freeYour guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the worldElon Musk has objected to a lack of reciprocity in the US-China tech relationship, a rare criticism from the billionaire on issues sensitive to Beijing after US president-elect Donald Trump prepared to offer a reprieve to TikTok on a ban in the US.Musk, who has long sought to maintain close ties with Communist party officials in China, a core market and production centre for his electric car company Tesla, has for years assiduously tiptoed around Beijing\u2019s hot-button issues in public.But he said on Sunday that \u201csomething needs to change\u201d after Trump said he would \u201cmost likely\u201d extend a deadline for Chinese tech group ByteDance to divest from TikTok, which faced a ban under a US law that briefly forced it offline.Musk said that while he opposed banning the short-form video app on free-speech grounds, \u201cthe current situation where TikTok is allowed to operate in America, but X is not allowed to operate in China is unbalanced\u201d.\u201cSomething needs to change,\u201d he said in a post on X.Asked about Musk\u2019s comments, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said on Monday that Beijing welcomed any company that abided by its laws and Chinese groups abroad were obliged to follow local rules.Responding to Trump\u2019s proposal to push TikTok, which began restoring service in the US on Sunday, into a joint venture, Mao said Chinese groups should \u201cdecide independently\u201d on operations and deals.Musk\u2019s criticism was mild compared with some of his fierce attacks on western politicians and recent intrusions into the domestic politics of countries such as Germany, the UK and Italy.But it highlighted the Tesla chief\u2019s potential conflicts of interest between protecting his business interests in China and serving as a confidant to the incoming president and a government efficiency tsar. Tesla earned almost a quarter of its sales in the third quarter from China and exported even more vehicles from its Shanghai plant to third countries.Some analysts believe Beijing is pinning its hopes on Musk as a potential intermediary with Trump, who has vowed to increase tariffs on imports from China. Chinese officials had previously discussed using Musk as a broker to resolve TikTok\u2019s fate in the US.Musk on Sunday also met Chinese vice-president Han Zheng, who will represent President Xi Jinping at Trump\u2019s inauguration. The presence of a Chinese official as senior as Han is unprecedented at US presidential inaugurations, where Beijing is normally represented by its ambassador in Washington.\u00a0\u201cHan met\u2009.\u2009.\u2009.\u2009Elon Musk, and welcomed US companies including Tesla to seize opportunities and share the fruits of China\u2019s development,\u201d China\u2019s state-run news agency Xinhua reported.Han also met business leaders from the US-China Business Council and the US Chamber of Commerce on Sunday, as well as Trump\u2019s incoming vice-president JD Vance. Han and Vance discussed the deadly synthetic opioid fentanyl, which successive US administrations have pushed Beijing to crack down on, as well as regional stability and balancing trade, the Trump-Vance transition team said in a statement.\u00a0US business leaders in the past have sought to play a moderating influence in often-volatile Sino-US relations, a role Beijing seems eager to encourage ahead of the second Trump administration.Han described US business as a \u201cbackbone\u201d of relations between the countries, and urged businesses to \u201cplay an active role as a bridge\u201d in US-China relations, Xinhua said.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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