BEIJING, (Reuters) – China’s foreign minister said Tuesday that there is no reason to speculate that Beijing might try to leverage Tesla (NASDAQ) Inc to control content on American social media sites. Twitter Inc (NYSE:).

Wang Wenbin, a Chinese diplomat was answering a question at a daily briefing. This came after Elon Musk’s Monday deal to purchase Twitter.

About half the Tesla vehicles sold last year worldwide were manufactured at its Shanghai factory.