David Zhang

State TV. Banking. Then the AI-chip business. Alice Huang’s reported career leads to NVIDIA partner Megaspeed. U.S. officials are examining chip shipments; NVIDIA says its review found no evidence of smuggling.

#NVIDIA #AIChips

A car knocks over a fire hydrant. No water. Not even a connected pipe underneath. One commenter said the water here “runs very deep.” Apparently the water is metaphorical. The missing pipe isn’t.

#China #FireSafety

“Great importance.” “Special meetings.” “Accountability.” A poster’s parody of the Baoding bridge response sounded all too familiar. The real questions: What failed? Who signed off? What changes?

#Baoding #Accountability

Flowchart on if your girlfriend is a spy or not

Twenty years of romance. Classified documents. A story Hollywood didn’t need to invent. Bernard Boursicot and Shi Pei Pu inspired M. Butterfly. The love story went to Broadway. The documents went to Chinese intelligence.

#MButterfly #Espionage