News Analysis Tesla’s bad luck in China has not ended yet. After a woman protested at an auto show in Shanghai against Tesla’s “brake failure,” followed by a flood of criticism, a higher court could decide to overturn the company’s appeal to a previous court order to compensate a buyer of one of its second-hand cars over fraud and damage claims. On Dec. 4, 2020, Han Chao, a Tesla owner in Tianjin city, received a court verdict for his compensation claim case against Tesla. The verdict stated that the car company had committed fraud and should return 379,700 yuan (about $59,000) to Han for the purchase price of the car, and to pay him 1,139,100 yuan (about $176,000) in damages. The amount of compensation for damages is three times the purchase price—in China, this verdict is called “refunding one, compensating for three.” Tesla appealed the court order and a verdict will be …