aahaha kinda true. Funny enough i never understood why the CCP allowed Tesla to set up shop in China, and surprisingly they allowed Tesla to own 100% of their plant, unlike other western auto manufacturer who were forced to enter JV with China's inefficient state owned auto makers(these JV still hasn't helped them much though. lol ). Tesla by contrast was allowed to own and run their company 100% without any need for silly JV or giving half control to a Chinese conglomerate, and this is even surprising given that Chinese EV makers are still in their infancy/growing stage, so you would have thought that the CCP would have stopped Tesla from setting up a wholly owned factory so early on and allowed Chinese EV makers to grow to a certain extent where they are large and dominant enough in their home market before giving Tesla the green light. Or maybe it was the pressure from Trump that accelerated things, we will never know.
Anyway, it's not that bad, since it forces Chinese EV makers to up their game and compete with the best i guess. However, Elon Musk is the biggest winner here, since he has the biggest auto market in the world were he can sell his cars and he didnt have to share any control on his company there with a local partner. Another big win for him since Chinese EV market will only grow larger and larger with each passing year. Tesla is set to be present and dominant all ever continent . Elon will only widen the gap between him and the richest people on earth. He just might be the world's first trillionaire indeed. That's not counting space X who is set to dominate the world's space sector as well. This dude is a genius indeed.
The state owned ones are even the most inefficient/ineffective. At least private Chinese companies have more chance to compete against the best globally.
Yes Apple is helping China as well in this regard. Please allow more American companies to set up shop and dominate world markets. Win-win for both sides i guess, after all Tesla and Apple are all Chinese companies.