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Demetri

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US-China correspondent at FT・Chinese & Japanese speaker・Ex Tokyo, Hong Kong, Beijing & Dublin・Photographer at https://xitter.twitterapi.xyz/t.co/S6u3SctM1M

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@AsiaLensAug 20
Rhinos playing chicken, Namibia
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Democrats pledge to expose ‘absolute avalanche of corruption’ under Donald Trump

Democrats pledge to expose ‘absolute avalanche of corruption’ under Donald Trump

Congress member Jamie Raskin says he will launch sweeping probe of president and allies but warns party to avoid impeachment ‘distraction’

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Scott Colom wins historic Senate race in Mississippi ft.com/content/ed93bd25-3ae4… via @ft
Scott Colom wins historic Senate race in Mississippi

Scott Colom wins historic Senate race in Mississippi

Democrat becomes the first Black person to represent the state since Reconstruction era

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And here is our #scoop from Friday that US intelligence believes @JensenHuang had a romantic relationship with a woman accused of being a #ChineseSpy 👇 ft.com/content/a55a2a22-4479…
US believes Nvidia’s Huang had romantic relationship with alleged Chinese spy

US believes Nvidia’s Huang had romantic relationship with alleged Chinese spy

American intelligence warned the tech boss was involved with executive recruited by China to gather information on US group

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. @Nvidia board meets to discuss @JensenHuang future as CEO after revelations about affair with top executive ft.com/content/d3838274-a055…
Nvidia board meets after revelations Jensen Huang had affair with top company executive

Nvidia board meets after revelations Jensen Huang had affair with top company executive

Head of US chip giant comes under mounting pressure days after claims he had affair with alleged Chinese spy

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. @Nvidia board meets to discuss @JensenHuang future as CEO after revelations about affair with top executive ft.com/content/d3838274-a055…
Nvidia board meets after revelations Jensen Huang had affair with top company executive

Nvidia board meets after revelations Jensen Huang had affair with top company executive

Head of US chip giant comes under mounting pressure days after claims he had affair with alleged Chinese spy

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Check out our #Megaspeed #scoop from earlier today 👇
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@AsiaLensNov 10
SCOOP - US commerce department delays decision on #Megaspeed’s possible inclusion on trade blacklist ft.com/content/afb6c960-a910… via @ft
US commerce department delays Megaspeed’s inclusion on trade blacklist

US commerce department delays Megaspeed’s inclusion on trade blacklist

Company connected to alleged Chinese spy who had affair with Nvidia chief Jensen Huang was left off ‘entity list’

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Alice Huang’s tangled web of connections ft.com/content/3238d92b-4074… via @ft
Alice Huang’s tangled web of connections

Alice Huang’s tangled web of connections

Executive alleged to be Chinese spy who had affair with Nvidia chief had already built career alongside a man with a history of crossing regulators

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SCOOP - US commerce department delays decision on #Megaspeed’s possible inclusion on trade blacklist ft.com/content/afb6c960-a910… via @ft
US commerce department delays Megaspeed’s inclusion on trade blacklist

US commerce department delays Megaspeed’s inclusion on trade blacklist

Company connected to alleged Chinese spy who had affair with Nvidia chief Jensen Huang was left off ‘entity list’

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Agree. Read my stories. All they say is that the US intelliegence community believes this. And as I have said to you before always happy to meet in person over a drink to discuss and debate.
Chen Weihua （陈卫华） (@chenweihua) profile pictureChen Weihua （陈卫华）@chenweihuaNov 10
Replying to @AsiaLens
Since we both don’t know, let’s not make judgment.
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Do you know what the US intelligence community has? If so, how do you know?
Chen Weihua （陈卫华） (@chenweihua) profile pictureChen Weihua （陈卫华）@chenweihuaNov 10
Replying to @AsiaLens @FT
There was a sex “scandal”, which is common according to potus, and there was no evidence of the “alleged” spy scandal. So be factual.
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You have no way of knowing that Gabe.
Gabriel Wildau (@gabewildau) profile pictureGabriel Wildau@gabewildauNov 10
Replying to @AsiaLens
There's no evidence she's a spy. I don't consider the affair newsworthy absent this additional allegation.
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Gabe - Jensen Huang confirmed the affair 2 days after my scoop. Is Huang admitting to an affair not evidence?
Gabriel Wildau (@gabewildau) profile pictureGabriel Wildau@gabewildauNov 9
China hawks don't like that Nvidia sold advanced chips to Southeast Asia, even though doing so was legal. Fair enough, let's have the policy argument. But the campaign of anonymous, evidence-free intel leaks about spying seems obviously designed to wage this fight by other means.
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One unanswered question is who knew what when. Nvidia General Counsel #TimTeter last week ridiculed claims about @JensenHuang’s affair with Alice Huang
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@AsiaLensNov 10
Here is our latest Jensen Huang story. ft.com/content/cbabf2da-2079…
Trump says FBI is ‘looking into’ Nvidia’s Jensen Huang

Trump says FBI is ‘looking into’ Nvidia’s Jensen Huang

US company has been rocked by allegations its chief executive had affair with Chinese spy

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Here is our latest Jensen Huang story. ft.com/content/cbabf2da-2079…
Trump says FBI is ‘looking into’ Nvidia’s Jensen Huang

Trump says FBI is ‘looking into’ Nvidia’s Jensen Huang

US company has been rocked by allegations its chief executive had affair with Chinese spy

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@AsiaLensNov 9
BREAKING Donald Trump says @FBI is "looking into" @JensenHuang who had an affair with a woman that US intelligence officials believe was a #ChineseSpy
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BREAKING Donald Trump says @FBI is "looking into" @JensenHuang who had an affair with a woman that US intelligence officials believe was a #ChineseSpy
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@AsiaLensNov 7
US intelligence agencies believe @Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang had romantic relationship with alleged Chinese spy as.ft.com/r/97c2f9f7-ad2e-44…
US believes Nvidia’s Huang had romantic relationship with alleged Chinese spy

US believes Nvidia’s Huang had romantic relationship with alleged Chinese spy

American intelligence warned the tech boss was involved with executive recruited by China to gather information on US group

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Jean Christopher (Chris) Mittelstaedt (@jcmittelstaedt) profile pictureJean Christopher (Chris) Mittelstaedt@jcmittelstaedtNov 9
give me an example of a country where that's not the case...
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Can Jensen Huang survive as Nvidia’s CEO after spy scandal? ft.com/content/0b20d24a-580a… via @ft
Can Jensen Huang survive as Nvidia’s CEO after spy scandal?

Can Jensen Huang survive as Nvidia’s CEO after spy scandal?

Chipmaker’s co-founder has no obvious successor as leader of world’s second-largest company

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Another @FT @Nvidia #scoop --- Alleged Chinese spy linked to Nvidia chief pitched AI chip deals to investors (via @EleanorOlcott @zijing_wu) ft.com/content/5d8c1e1d-6ce0…. .
Alleged Chinese spy linked to Nvidia chief pitched AI chips deals to investors

Alleged Chinese spy linked to Nvidia chief pitched AI chips deals to investors

Alice Huang boasted of having access to Nvidia GPUs and her connection to Alibaba in bid to secure investment for major data centre project

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This @wsj story says NYT reported that the two Huang’s had a “close relationship”. Would be nice if they also said I reported that they had a “romantic relationship” 😉
Steve Lookner (@lookner) profile pictureSteve Lookner
@looknerNov 9
"Alice Huang disappeared into China for a period in late 2024 as authorities started to surveil her. It couldn’t be determined where she is now or whether she still holds a top role at Megaspeed. Earlier attempts to reach her for comment were unsuccessful." wsj.com/tech/ai/nvidias-boar…
Nvidia’s Board Investigates Reports That CEO Was Spying Target After Affair

Nvidia’s Board Investigates Reports That CEO Was Spying Target After Affair

Jensen Huang apologized for being unfaithful to his wife, after he had an affair with an executive suspected of working for Chinese intelligence.

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