The Road to the Nvidia Scandal

President Donald Trump presents a National Medal of Science to Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang at a “New Golden Age” summit with tech and science leaders at the Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace in Washington, D.C., October 8, 2026. *Credit: The White House via Flickr*

The revelations about Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang’s affair with data center executive Huang Le (also known as Alice Huang) have raised natio

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The Rise and Rise of Alice Huang

The revenues of the alleged Chinese spy’s online video games company, BVI-registered Osmanthus Vale Holdings Ltd, rose from $36,000 to $36 million in just three years. Then she sold it for $145 million to a Shenzhen firm that would facilitate her entry into the AI data center industry. The Wire China follows the filings.

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The Road to the Nvidia Scandal

Even before the revelations about Jensen Huang’s affair with a suspected Chinese spy, Nvidia has long been at the center of U.S.-China relations, our timeline shows.

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