Elon Musk likes to portray himself as a fighter for freedom of expression.
He did so in connection with the takeover of Twitter, which he agreed to in April but no longer intends to complete.
Musk has accused the online platform of excessive censorship of content and has suggested that this will change under his ownership.
He has described himself as an "absolutist" when it comes to free speech.
Admittedly, he does not advocate this position so loudly everywhere.
In China, a particularly important market for the electric car manufacturer Tesla he runs, he has now even written a guest article in a magazine published by the Internet regulator "Cyberspace Administration of China", the government body responsible for censorship regulations.
In the post, which was translated into English by a staffer at the official Xinhua News Agency, Musk speaks of his "Chinese friends" with whom he wants to share his "vision of technology and humanity."
Musk advertises his company extensively. In addition to Tesla, he also talks about the aerospace specialist SpaceX and about Neuralink, a project with which he plans to digitally upgrade the human brain and connect it to computers.
He also praises the work Chinese companies are doing on energy innovation.
Musk is not only more lenient in China with regard to censorship.
The Tesla boss has bitterly complained about corona restrictions in the USA and called them "fascist".
In China, however, where work at his company's Shanghai plant has been severely impacted by lockdowns, he has been reluctant to criticize.
This factory is of enormous importance for Tesla.
At the weekend he congratulated the factory on Twitter on having manufactured one million cars.
Tesla has now produced a total of three million vehicles since its inception.