Tesla Opens Showroom In Xinjiang, The Region Where “As Many As A Million” Have Been Detained In Internment Camps

Once again proving that when it comes to selling cars in China, there doesn’t appear to be anything that’s off limits, Tesla has opened its first showroom in Xinjiang.

Xinjiang is the region best known for where “Chinese authorities are carrying out a campaign of forcible assimilation against religious minorities”, according to MarketWatch and the Wall Street Journal.

The showroom is located in Urumqi, the capital of Xinjiang. It started operations on December 31, 2021, according to a Tesla Weibo post.

The company posted: “On the last day of 2021, we meet in Xinjiang. In 2022, let us together launch Xinjiang on its electric journey!”

The grand opening ceremony for the showroom included “traditional Chinese lion dances” and Chinese citizens posting with signs that said “Tesla (heart) Xinjiang,” the report said.

Meanwhile, nearby to the grand opening ceremony is the area where Chinese authorities have detained “as many as a million Uyghurs and members of other Turkic Muslim minority groups” in internment camps in the region. – READ MORE