The electric car firm reportedly announced the opening in a December 31, 2021, blog post on its official account on Weibo, a social media platform in China similar to Twitter.
recently opened a showroom in China’s Xinjiang province, the same region where the Chinese government stands accused of human rights abuses against the Uyghur Muslims and other religious minority groups, according to reports Monday.
“On the last day of 2021, we meet in Xinjiang. In 2022, let us launch Xinjiang on its electric journey together,” Tesla’s post on Weibo said.reported. The post includes images of people posing with signs that read, “Tesla [heart] Xinjiang.The Xinjiang region is also known for housing work camps where the Chinese government allegedly abuses the human rights of Uyghur Muslims and other religious minority groups.
Last month, Congress passed the bipartisan Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act. The legislation bans product imports from the Xinjiang region unless businesses can prove they were not made with forced labor. The Biden administration has also enacted a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing to protest the human rights abuses. American athletes are still expected to compete.GREG BAKER/AFP via Getty Images
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