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China's jaded techies find a hero in Elon Musk
Tesla and SpaceX chief's bravado strikes a chord at a time of disillusionment within country's tech industry
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Tesla chief executive Elon Musk dancing on stage during a delivery event for the company's China-made Model 3 cars in Shanghai last year. The company, in a first for a foreign carmaker in China, has been allowed to run its plant without a local partner. People in China have marvelled at the way he handled the country's hard-nosed authorities.
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Raymond Zhong
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China is having its "techlash" moment. The country's Internet giants, once celebrated as engines of economic vitality, are now scorned for exploiting user data, abusing workers and squelching innovation.
Mr Jack Ma, co-founder of e-commerce titan Alibaba, is a fallen idol, with his companies under government scrutiny for the ways they have secured their grip over the world's second-largest economy.
