Jensen Huang and the Storied Lineage of the Honey Trap
David Remnick's New Yorker essay takes Jensen Huang's resignation as Nvidia's C.E.O. — after reports alleged affairs with three women, including Alice Huang, said to be an asset of China's Ministry of State Security, which Beijing calls a "pure fabrication out of thin air" — and traces the honey trap's long lineage, from Delilah and Judith and the K.G.B.'s snaring of Joseph Alsop to "M. Butterfly" and John le Carré. He adds that Huang's courtship of Donald Trump secured a loyalty that survived the revelations but could not save his leadership.
