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Casper Wichmann retweeted
If the reporting is right, this is the most significant story in US China policy in years.
If the USG knew Jensen Huang had a romantic relationship with a Chinese spy and looked the other way, all while that spy ran a company backdooring US compute to China, it warrants a Congressional investigation.
There may be an innocent explanation to all this.
But if not, then it reveals intolerable levels of corruption and compromise in China policy - to the detriment of AI safety.
Casper Wichmann retweeted
On the Jensen Huang-Alice Huang affair, you have to give the MSS credit for running another successful op. They are good and getting better.
I have seen some takes that it is no big deal he had an affair with an alleged PRC spy because he needed no pillow talk convincing to push for looser export controls, but that misses a few things:
He is (was?) text and phone buddies with President Trump, so if he divulged anything about his conversations with Trump to her, or his thoughts about Trump or chatter about China policy or frankly anything from Trump, that would be valuable to any foreign intelligence service, and especially to the MSS;
Was she ever alone with his phone or computer, say when he got up to use the bathroom? Are Nvidia IT/device policies for travel to Taiwan and Singapore looser than those for travel to the mainland? What value would there be to the MSS to have physical access to the devices of the Nvidia CEO?;
He is the chip allocator in chief, so a good relationship with him likely meant more chips for the MegaSpeed front and the entities back in the PRC to which those chips flowed.
With the new Congress, expect subpoenas and public hearings in which he is trashed and he and Nvidia are further damaged. What a win for the MSS, to have such access to the head of the most important company in the world, and to now get to watch as politicians and shorts attack him and Nvidia.
There is rarely just one lie, so don’t be surprised if the blast radius from this mess expands. And there is already the SuperMicro case…
Casper Wichmann retweeted
Chinese President Xi Jinping cast his ballot at a polling station in Beijing on Friday to elect deputies to a local people's congress. Read #XiFocus for more: xhtxs.cn/bgfn
Måske er det bare min algoritme, men X flyder over med kinesisk konti, både medier og personer, der gør en dyd ud af at fortælle om Kinas valg til de nationale folkekongresser, der finder sted nu.
Chinese President Xi Jinping cast his ballot at a polling station in Beijing on Friday to elect deputies to a local people's congress. Read #XiFocus for more: xhtxs.cn/bgfn
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Det er en for simpel konklusion. Kinas industrielle output er stadig i gang, men stå og cement sektorer går ned. Samtidig tager Kina sin grønne omstilling seriøst
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Casper Wichmann retweeted
Scoop: the EU and US will resume their dialogue on China before the end of the year, after a two year hiatus.
Comes despite transatlantic turmoil. For the first time, will the EU be the more hawkish party in the eighth edition of talks?
scmp.com/news/china/diplomac…
Casper Wichmann retweeted
Bad policy, bad character make bad politics: erratic tariffs, impulsive Iran war, blanket pardons, apparent corruption, weaponized justice, ICE brutality, mountainous deficits, hiding Epstein, abandoning allies and coddling enemies. Hoping for a course correction, for the country and for my party.
Casper Wichmann retweeted
European Commission work programme for next year proposes a "deterrence pact", seems to be about working with allies to limit China's coercion power
rapporteur.com/news/exclusiv…
Casper Wichmann retweeted
Berlin is preparing a far-reaching ban on Chinese network technology from German mobile networks
5G base stations will be classified as "security-relevant" for the first time. "A ban on base stations manufactured in China could lead to a de facto exclusion of Huawei & ZTE"
Casper Wichmann retweeted
Can't overstate it. It's a seismic day for global politics.
Yes that's right, the European Parliament trade committee will present the results of their trip to China last week from 14.30, then Sefcovic will update them on EU trade policy (likely to be China heavy) from 16.00
Casper Wichmann retweeted
The European Commission has approved, under the Foreign Subsidies Regulation the acquisition of German retailer Ceconomy by Chinese buyer JD.com
JD has agreed to several steps to assuage Commission's views that Chinese subsidies will distort EU market
Casper Wichmann retweeted
China has likely resumed making weapon-grade uranium at Emeishan thebulletin.org/2026/11/chin…
Casper Wichmann retweeted
China has shown no interest in holding a three-way summit with Russia and the United States to discuss Ukraine, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has said in an interview with German television to be broadcast on Sunday evening.
yahoo.com/news/world/article…
Casper Wichmann retweeted
Det rigtige afsnit er nu tilgængelig. Meget spændende samtale om Kina med @WichmannDK. Han laver også en fin podcast der hedder Kinanørderne som jeg også kan anbefale.
Casper Wichmann retweeted
One of these days - front pages of People’s Daily, Guangming Daily, Economic Daily, China Youth Daily, Legal Daily, Nanfang Daily, Heilongjiang Daily, Guizhou Daily, Xinjiang Daily, Sichuan Daily, Liaoning Daily and Tianjin Daily
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Casper Wichmann retweeted
A Russian bot forgot to switch its account from MAGA to "Ukrainian." 😀
This is how Russians simulate public opinion and pressure politicians into adopting a pro-Russian stance—leading them to believe that this is what their electorate demands. That is why it is important to express your position openly.
