Tech billionaire Elon Musk has excellent political contacts in China. But his mother, Maye Musk, also enjoys celebrity status in the People’s Republic. The popularity of the 76-year-old with silver-grey hair can be seen on the Chinese social media platform Xiaohongshu, for example, where she has more than half a million followers. Her posts, in which she documents her travels, fashion shows and collaborations, regularly receive thousands of likes and hundreds of comments.