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Re:Nvidia Is Preparing to Oust Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang by dayjah on Wednesday November 11, 2026 @10:23PM (#50462652)
Current evidence suggests he didn’t even do a prelim background check. His mistress worked for Chinese state television prior to the role she assumed through which she was introduced to him.

Source: The Economist. (Paywalled) https://economist.com/business/2026/11/11/there-has-never-be...

> That she might be a Chinese agent would have been obvious to Mr Huang had he inquired about her background: before going into business, Ms Huang worked at a Chinese state-run broadcaster known by its unimprovable acronym, “CCTV”.

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Re:Nvidia Is Preparing to Oust Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang by 0xbadcafebee on Wednesday November 11, 2026 @10:27PM (#50462687)
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Re:Nvidia Is Preparing to Oust Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang by hellgas00 on Wednesday November 11, 2026 @11:20PM (#50463036)
A piece of speculative but interesting information: the FBI didn't give Jensen Huang a "defense briefing" which would warn him that he was being targeted, despite them knowing Alice Huang was a spy a year prior (memo circulated in May by the state department). Apparently this is very atypical.

The FBI so far has not provided a reason for the lack of a brief, but one reason they might not provide one is they suspect the target is a willing participant.

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Re:Nvidia Is Preparing to Oust Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang by londons_explore on Thursday November 12, 2026 @12:34AM (#50463441)
Large numbers of chips sold at high prices skirting export laws would possibly make him a willing participant...
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