A suggestion by Tesla Inc. CEO Elon Musk that Taiwan could be made a special administrative zone of China has provoked a backlash from local politicians across the political spectrum, with one lawmaker from the pro-independence ruling party calling on consumers to "indefinitely boycott" the automaker.
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