American entrepreneur Elon Musk said itold British newspaper Financial Times that the conflict around Taiwan is inevitable, and proposed to make the island a special administrative region of the PRC to prevent it. Earlier this week, the billionaire had already incurred the displeasure of the Ukrainian establishment by outlining his vision for a Russian-Ukrainian settlement.

"My recommendation […] would be to figure out a special administrative zone for Taiwan," the publication quoted him as saying. " I think probably, in fact, that they could have an arrangement that’s more lenient than Hong Kong," Musk added. He acknowledged that not everyone would probably like the idea.

Musk believes that conflict around Taiwan is inevitable, the publication said.