All abuzz over Musk’s lightning trip to China

All hail Comrade Musk: Musk (centre) leaving the Chinese Ministry of Commerce in Beijing. — Reuters

Beijing: Lavish meals, gushing praise and memes about “Comrade Musk” – China showered the Tesla CEO with admiration during his whistle-stop tour of the country this week.

The mercurial magnate is a controversial figure in the West but widely admired in China, where Tesla’s electric vehicles have become a staple of middle- class urban life.