Key Points
Tesla, Apple may lose millions of customers in China, which is urging people to choose local products..
Tesla and Apple may lose millions of customers in China as the country is urging people to choose domestic products over Western technology..
Tesla's Chinese competitor BYD recently overtook the Elon Musk company in worldwide sales of electric vehicles..
At Chinas annual Communist Party, Zhan Wenlong, a nuclear physicist and party delegate, told the outlet, For people coming here, they encourage us to use domestic phones, because phones like Apple are not safe..
Not only Apple and Tesla but Western brands such as Nike and Adidas have also seen a sales drop in China as they compete with domestic products..
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