Chinese fans weigh in as Elon Musk set to join Trump’s new government

The latest development that has fans talking is Elon Musk’s foray into politics. There are some early signs that Musk could shake up bipartisan consensus on US’ China policy – a key issue both parties tend to agree on. But appetite to compete with China will be hard to unravel, according to Asst Prof Dylan Loh from NTU’s School of Public Policy and Global Affairs. “The problems or challenges of US-China are now quite deep-seated and they are structural,” he noted. “No one single man can play a singularly decisive role. Having said that, there is certainly, I think, a space for him to play a part – perhaps I’ll say a bridge, a connector, or maybe even an intermediary, private intermediary.” But even if this role materialises, Loh said it will be quite specific in the tech and science sectors in relation to China.

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