A pivot to China saved Elon Musk. It also binds him to Beijing.

A pivot to China saved Elon Musk. It also binds him to Beijing.

When Elon Musk unveiled the first Chinese-made Teslas in Shanghai in 2020, he went off script and started dancing. Peeling off his jacket, he flung it across the stage in a partial striptease. Musk had reason to celebrate. A few years earlier, with Tesla on the brink of failure, he had bet on China, which … Read more