- Earlier this week Elon Musk tweeted about a construction project in China that was completed by 1,500 workers in nine hours.
- China seized on the tweet and promoted it through numerous state-run media, saying Musk was "amazed" at China's capabilities.
- But construction workers in China can be some of the most vulnerable workers, subjected to long hours, poor conditions, and little pay — sometimes receiving nothing.
- Musk isn't alone in Silicon Valley's praise of China's development, but it raises questions about the human cost of progress.
China is using a recent tweet from Elon Musk as a propaganda tool to promote its infrastructure development.
On Tuesday, Musk tweeted a story about 1,500 workers in China who upgraded a railway station in nine hours. He captioned the tweet: "China’s progress in advanced infrastructure is more than 100 times faster than the US."
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