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Huang’s Reported Affair Puts Nvidia’s China Strategy Under Scrutiny

Bloomberg’s report that Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang admitted to an affair with Alice Wong, identified in reports as a suspected Chinese spy, has put his advocacy for selling chips to China under new scrutiny. On Diet TBPN, hosts Jordi Hays and John Coogan said the affair does not establish that espionage occurred, but could make Huang’s long-standing argument for access to the Chinese market harder to defend. They also questioned whether information was compromised and what Nvidia might lose if the controversy weakened Huang’s influence in Washington or at the company.