Huang’s potential departure would leave a leadership vacuum at the roughly $4tn chipmaker he co-founded, with Nvidia’s shares sliding about 8% in after-hours trading
The scandal surrounding Nvidia chief Jensen Huang has been closely followed and widely reported in Chinese media. Much of the coverage, however, has framed the affair as a celebrity style scandal while dismissing allegations linking it to Chinese espionage.
The state-run Global Times has published commentaries this week accusing American media of manufacturing a Chinese spy narrative without sufficient evidence.
By turning an extramarital affair into evidence of ‘Chinese infiltration’ … what they really care about is votes, power and building higher walls as globalisation retreats.”
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