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Elon Musk brings the wrong message to Beijing

By Tom Rogan

Published May 30, 2023 4:44pm ET

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Elon Musk brings the wrong message to Beijing — Twitter, now X. Corp, and Tesla CEO Elon Musk poses prior to his talks with French President Emmanuel Macron, Monday, May 15, 2023 at the Elysee Palace in Paris. More than 200 international business leaders are expected Monday at the 'Choose France' event staged at the palace of Versailles this afternoon to promote foreign investment. | (AP Photo/Michel Euler, Pool)

In February, a Chinese People’s Liberation Army strategy paper disclosed plans to build 13,000 satellites in low Earth orbit. Its explicit mission: to “suppress Starlink” and, if desired, “destroy Starlink satellites that pass over China or other sensitive regions.”

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