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Huang Renxun's Great Reversal? Helping the US and Taiwan Block the CCP's Path to Survival; Xi Jinping Completely Collapses: US Government Officials Stationed in Taiwan's Legislative Yuan! Tens of Thousands of Actors Disappear from the Chinese Entertainment Industry! Korean Girl Group Member Song Yuqi's 'Patriotism' Causes Trouble! (Old Beijing Teahouse/Episode 1804/2026/11/14)

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This episode mainly covers several core current affairs and social hotspots: First, NVIDIA founder Jensen Huang's affair with a partner suspected of being a Chinese Communist Party (CCP) spy has triggered strict controls by the United States and Taiwan on AI chip exports and computing power leasing, and Taiwan has criminalized chip smuggling; second, the US federal government launched the Taiwan Fellows Program, with US officials stationed to work in the Legislative Yuan and other organs in Taiwan, which is interpreted as a major institutional breakthrough in US-Taiwan relations; third, South Korean girl group member Song Yuqi reposted a pro-unification post on Weibo, sparking a nationwide boycott in South Korea and a cross-strait online public opinion war among South Korea, China, and Taiwan; fourth, Hengdian World Studios and the domestic entertainment industry have erupted in a historic wave of unemployment, with actors and backstage staff facing a dual predicament of a film and television winter and the impact of AI technology.

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As the saying goes, the consequence of the CCP dispatching female spy Swallow Huang San to successfully drag Jensen Huang down exceeded both Chen Yixin's and Xi Jinping's expectations: the communists personally cut off all channels for themselves to steal US high-end chips. It is said that Old Xi is so angry that he is preparing to have state security (MSS) head Chen Yixin and diplomatic head Wang Yi stand face-to-face and slap each other in the face—aren't these two just having terrible luck? On November 12, NVIDIA founder Jensen Huang simultaneously resigned as NVIDIA CEO, President, and board member, meaning Old Huang has not only withdrawn from the company's daily operations and management, but also lost the power to directly participate in major corporate decisions through the board of directors. The significance of this event far exceeds an ordinary executive departure. Although Jensen Huang possesses immense wealth due to holding a large number of NVIDIA shares, he no longer owns even a tiny fraction of management rights in his former company. US media reports say Old Huang is currently falling into extreme breakdown, frequently talking to himself and saying I am just a bad person.

According to Reuters, just as Old Huang was abandoning himself to despair, bipartisan US lawmakers took action with lightning speed, urgently tightening the channels for the CCP to steal advanced US AI chips. House Speaker Johnson dropped the hard truth: no matter how fiercely the Democratic and Republican parties fight in the US Congress, the moment this matter is brought up, they instantly become like long-lost soulmates. If it were only the US sealing off the CCP's escape routes, Xi Jinping wouldn't be quite that broken; Taiwan has also taken action. Yes, Taiwan, where the world's leading chip enterprises are located. Taiwan's Minister of Economic Affairs has disclosed that the government is preparing to place everything under regulation, and smuggling chips to the CCP's country will become a criminal offense. Goodness gracious, a criminal offense—smuggling chips from Taiwan to the fallen mainland CCP country is approximately equivalent to murder, arson, robbery, and rape.

Here comes the question: now there are plenty of politicians and business tycoons worldwide who keep mistresses or have affairs, so why is it that this little bit of scandal below the belt has triggered the export controls of two major global chip technology powers, the US and Taiwan? Hey, the key lies in: 1. the fact that Old Huang's affair partner, Le Huang, is a CCP swallow spy; 2. you wouldn't know unless you checked, but checking reveals a shocking astronomical volume of smuggled chip orders. Le Huang previously served as a senior executive at a Singaporean enterprise, and the US Department of Commerce investigated Megaspeed last year for evading regulations and transferring astronomical quantities of advanced NVIDIA chips to the CCP. Megaspeed stubbornly refused to admit it and denied the accusations at the time. An anonymous insider revealed that the case was later transferred from the Department of Commerce to the Department of Justice, handled by, with the investigation focusing heavily on Le Huang as a key target. According to the New York Times, US intelligence officials ultimately concluded that Le Huang had engaged in espionage activities on behalf of the CCP.

For years, Jensen Huang himself has advocated for easing advanced chip export controls against the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). According to Associated Press reports, Huang even pushed hard for NVIDIA to sell slightly downgraded chips like the H200 to the CCP. The rationale? Purportedly to keep the global AI ecosystem tied to US technology and block the development of the CCP's chip industry. Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren issued a statement saying that, according to intelligence sources, NVIDIA has been authorized to export hundreds of thousands of advanced AI chips to the CCP, including sales to enterprises related to the CCP military. Washington think tank Center for New a American Security (CNAS) senior researcher Emily Kilcrease and Vivek Chilukuri also issued a statement saying that although US export controls seemingly block the CCP from legally importing advanced chips, they cannot stop CCP enterprises from remotely using chip computing power through data centers in third countries like Malaysia and Singapore.

To use an analogy, imagine an advanced chip as a scientist with high intelligence. Since the CCP cannot temporarily kidnap the scientist to a laboratory in the CCP's country to work for them, it secretly takes the scientist to work in a CCP laboratory in Malaysia, and then remotely sends the completed work results back to the CCP without missing a beat. Companies like Huang Le's Megaspeed are even more exaggerated; they not only lease chip computing power to CCP enterprises for remote use, but may also assist in smuggling chips into the CCP's country. The two senior researchers just mentioned lamented that once the big radishes of Jensen Huang and Huang Le are dug out, the chain of muddy details brought up is truly shocking, so US export control loopholes must be completely plugged up. Even doing that is not enough; four additional regulatory measures must be introduced to curb the CCP's theft of chips and chip technology, and they must deal ruthless blows to keep a tight watch on the thief that is the communist bandits.

Of these four major chip control dishes, two gave Xi Jinping a fit from the start. First, pressuring allies to restrict the sale and maintenance of advanced chip manufacturing equipment to the CCP. For example, the Netherlands, the home country of the well-known leading lithography machine company ASML, and Japan, the home country of lithography machine derivative providers, are both prohibited from exporting lithography equipment and related products to the CCP. To put it bluntly, even if the CCP stole the technology, without lithography machines it cannot manufacture them. Second, plugging the loophole of the CCP remotely renting chip computing power. As just mentioned, many CCP enterprises do not buy chips directly; instead, they rent computing power from overseas data centers equipped with NVIDIA chips and use them via remote connection. This bill authorizes the Department of Commerce to regulate such behavior, passed the House of Representatives in January this year, and is awaiting review by the Senate.

Moreover, Reuters reported that US law grants the Department of Commerce significant authority to decide whether to approve advanced chip exports and issue related policies without congressional approval. Furthermore, apart from the Department of Commerce's authority, among the chip proposals currently being considered by Congress, chip controls have already been tied into the review of the National Defense Authorization Act. Since this annual defense authorization act concerns military spending and must be passed, it usually wins bipartisan support, so chip controls naturally become part of the bill. Therefore, whether at the Department of Commerce level or the Congressional level, chip export reviews will become stricter with no loopholes left to exploit. As just mentioned, while Washington tightens chip controls, Taiwan is also plugging its own legal loopholes.

Bloomberg reported that Taiwan previously did not consider exporting AI chips to China without a permit as a crime. Although Taiwanese officials would warn sellers that they might violate US regulations, courts could only use other existing laws to prosecute those suspected of smuggling. President Lai Ching-te had previously stated that Taiwan would address US concerns regarding export controls, but did not provide details. This time, Taiwan's Minister of Economic Affairs, Kuo Jyh-huei, clearly stated that the government is prepared to include AI servers and advanced chips as regulated items. After the new measures take effect, transporting regulated AI hardware to China will become the aforementioned criminal offense. Furthermore, Taiwan has made quite a few commitments in the US-Taiwan reciprocal trade agreement, with some regulatory measures aligning with the US, and implementation details on the way.

In short, the four major chip control dishes from the US Department of Commerce and US Congress, plus the criminal-level controls Taiwan is about to adopt, mean that the new quality productive forces trumpeted by Xi Jinping are going to fall flat. First, unable to import NVIDIA advanced chips; second, unable to import lithography machines. Manufacturing chips using plagiarized technology would leave nothing except perhaps an older engineer hand-crafting chips for 60 yuan a day, followed by Sa Beining applauding to express how unfathomable hand-crafting 5-nanometer chips is, and finally Qin Shihuang touching an electric wire—winning completely, a major national rejuvenation where you know the cold and warmth yourself, off you go. Emergency polling time: tea friends, how do you think the CCP will face the terrifying predicament of the US and Taiwan so decisively sealing off the AI chip channels? Optional answers: 1. Dispatch Ministry of Foreign Affairs wolf warriors to fiercely scold the US and Taiwan; 2. Dispatch more female spies; 3. Step up the blockade on rare earth exports to the US; 4. Unrestricted warfare upgrade, anything is possible. Hurry up and type your numbers in the comment section.

Extra, extra! US officials are coming to work in Taiwan's Legislative Yuan. On US Eastern Time November 10, Taiwan's Representative to the US, Alexander Yui, and American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) Managing Director Ingrid Larson signed a Memorandum of Understanding at AIT's Washington headquarters, announcing that the Taiwan Fellows Program is officially launching. What kind of thing is the Fellows Program? It means that US federal government personnel will first receive up to one year of intensive Mandarin training in Taiwan, and then work in the Legislative Yuan, Executive Yuan ministries and other agencies, or private organizations for up to another year, with US federal representatives like Ami Bera and others attending to witness the event.

The signing of this memorandum seems to have been quite uneventful. First, it did not generate much international attention; second, those few loudmouths at the Taiwan Affairs Office did not stretch their necks to strongly condemn or resolutely oppose it; and furthermore, the 'disk-licking' Hu Xijin did not bark about 'crossing the red line.' However, the Taiwan Fellowship Act memorandum is like the 'Bone-Dissolving Palm' from The Deer and the Cauldron, inflicting significant internal injuries on the small pond of Zhongnanhai. The Deer and the Cauldron says that the Bone-Dissolving Palm appears soft on the outside but contains rigid force within; the victim feels nothing at first, but after a few hours, the palm power takes effect, causing the entire skeleton to become as soft as cotton and shatter inch by inch, with ruptured internal organs that are beyond cure. Therefore, this seemingly low-key memorandum was given a high-profile interpretation by commentator Cai Shenkun: this is the most significant institutional breakthrough in Taiwan-US relations in recent years in terms of long-term strategic significance.

Old Cai provides five major reasons. First, once this policy was implemented, the nature of US-Taiwan relations changed. Diplomatic visits establish contact, while long-term working together establishes understanding, trust, and connections. US officials going deep into the Taiwan government system shows that US-Taiwan relations are moving from external cooperation to deeper institutional links. Second, the US is cultivating its own 'Taiwan-savvy' experts. Washington has never lacked experts on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), but understanding the CCP is not the same as understanding Taiwan. These Americans entering the Taiwan government will directly get to know Taiwan, no longer understanding it solely through the framework of US-CCP relations. Personnel who complete the two-year program must continue to serve in the federal government for at least four years; the American fellows working in the Taiwan government today may be the policymakers in Washington tomorrow. Third, the program model is mature. This program refers to a program the US established for Japan in 1994. Japan is a formal ally of the US, so establishing a fellowship program is understandable, but there are no formal diplomatic relations between the US and Taiwan. Yet now, the US is applying the same set of institutional mutual trust building used with close allies to Taiwan. As Old Cai puts it, the diplomatic name has not changed, but the substantive relationship is deepening. Fourth, from Biden signing the legislation to Trump implementing it, the program spanned two administrations of different parties. Old Cai believes this shows a bipartisan consensus on deepening US-Taiwan relations; party rotation cannot shake the mutual trust accumulated over a long time in law, institutions, and talent, and it even represents a greater breakthrough. Fifth, the timing is, in a word, 'brilliant.' Trump and Xi Jinping are about to meet in Shenzhen, and the US is quietly advancing institutional cooperation with Taiwan at this very moment. This is clearly putting eye drops on the CCP. This is the US deliberately pressuring Beijing after the midterm elections. Although Trump constantly flatters Xi Jinping, he knows very well that the CCP and the US cannot become allies, and the US must deepen its relationship with Taiwan.

Cai Shenkun also mentioned that Taiwan is not just a security partner for the US, but will also become a source of knowledge for the US in areas such as democratic governance, chip technology, social resilience, and responding to authoritarian challenges. Arms sales strengthen defense capabilities, high-level visits enhance international visibility, and talent and institutional exchanges allow Taiwan to integrate more deeply into US policy thinking. What Taiwan needs now is not just more people in Washington who support Taiwan, but more people within the US decision-making system who truly understand Taiwan. Truly brilliant diplomacy does not just influence the other side's decisions today, but cultivates the people who will participate in decision-making in the future. The 'reunification' that the CCP is obsessed with seems to have a feeling of a reckoning coming in the dark.

In recent years, the Chinese entertainment industry has had a very strong sense of 'alignment.' When special dates arrive, stepping out to make public political statements has become routine. For example, on October 1st, the National Day of Mourning, Hong Kong and Taiwan stars—especially those from Taiwan who are doing well in the mainland—are considered to have committed a cardinal sin if they don't post 'Happy Birthday to the Motherland,' and they will be attacked by Little Pinks. However, sometimes being too 'pink' and performing patriotism at any time can also lead to a backlash. Recently, the entire East Asian entertainment industry was completely detonated by a Weibo post. Before talking about this detonating post, I must provide some news background. On November 12, Xi Jinping high-profilely attended the conference commemorating the 160th anniversary of the birth of Dr. Sun Yat-sen and delivered a so-called important speech. With a straight face, he claimed that the CCP is the firmest supporter, most loyal collaborator, and most faithful successor to Dr. Sun Yat-sen's revolutionary cause, because Dr. Sun Yat-sen always firmly upheld national unity and ethnic solidarity and resolutely opposed all remarks and actions that split the country or the nation. Therefore, solving the Taiwan issue and realizing the complete reunification of the motherland is the CCP's so-called unswerving historical mission, and so on. Then, the mouthpiece Xinhua News Agency quickly turned a segment of Xi Jinping's speech into a propaganda post, making it convenient for public figures to repost and express their stance, and also convenient for Little Pinks to go on crusades everywhere. This passage says: 'The territory cannot be divided, the country cannot be in chaos, the nation cannot be scattered, and the civilization cannot be broken; this has always been a common belief engraved in the bones of all Chinese descendants.' Then, not just the top-tier, but artists of all levels began to express their stance. Xiao Zhan, Zhang Linghe, Liu Yuning, Jing Boran—currently, a large number of domestic, Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan entertainment figures on Weibo are continuing to repost, and the complete list is still increasing.

Yuqi Song, the Chinese member of South Korea's top-tier girl group (G)I-DLE, was one of the first artists to follow up and express her stance, but unexpectedly suffered a major backlash. What happened? On the afternoon of November 12, after Yuqi Song reposted this post on her personal Weibo account, just a few hours later, this screenshot was transported across the sea to South Korea's well-known forum theqoo. theqoo is an influential comprehensive anonymous online community in South Korea, regarded as an important window reflecting the public opinion trends of South Korean young groups, especially female users and fandoms. The screenshot instantly ignited the anger of the entire South Korean internet. What was the mainstream voice? Never debut Chinese people ever again. Thus, Yuqi Song single-handedly cut off the path for future Chinese artists to debut and develop in South Korea. After this incident broke out, major mainstream entertainment media in South Korea reported it on their front pages. Subsequently, angry comments from South Korean netizens were transported back to domestic Weibo, and Chinese netizens immediately launched a fierce counterattack. The official media Guancha Syndicate even personally stepped in to write articles mocking some South Korean netizens for having their psychological defenses breached. A patriotic performance full of conformity awareness instantly evolved into a chaotic online war of mutual tearing among netizens from China, South Korea, and Taiwan.

Logically speaking, Yuqi Song, a native Beijing girl, reposting a post supporting one China on a Chinese social platform is no big deal. But why did South Korean netizens seize upon it and refuse to let go? Why did they even voice calls to boycott Chinese artists? Even more intriguingly, the comment that received the highest upvotes on the South Korean forum was not scolding Yuqi Song herself, but collectively feeling heartbroken for Shuhua Yeh, the Taiwanese member in the same group as Yuqi Song. South Koreans also gave their reasons for fiercely scolding Yuqi Song: there was clearly a Taiwanese teammate, Shuhua Yeh, in the group, yet Yuqi Song did not consider her teammates at all and left Shuhua Yeh wondering what to do in the future. Speaking of this, let's first explain a specialized term called K-POP, translated into Chinese as South Korean pop music, which refers to popular music originating from South Korea, incorporating various styles such as dance music, hip-hop, R&B, electronic music, and rock, and is world-famous for its high visual presentation, precise choreography, and idol group model.

In the eyes of South Koreans, Yuqi Song's patriotic performance was not pure patriotic sentiment at all, but rather violated two core taboos of the K-POP industry and South Korean society. Which two taboos? The first taboo, and the point that angers South Korean netizens the most, is extreme selfishness and a complete lack of team spirit, personally pushing Taiwanese teammate Shuhua Yeh into the fire pit. Everyone should know that (G)I-DLE is one of the very few top-tier girl groups in South Korea that has both Chinese and Taiwanese members at the same time. Not only is Shuhua Yeh from Taiwan, but she has also served as the tourism ambassador for Taoyuan, Taiwan for two consecutive years, enjoying extremely high national popularity in Taiwan. Today, with cross-strait relations being extremely sensitive, as long as a Chinese member in the group publicly expresses support for reunification, countless Chinese netizens will immediately rush to Shuhua Yeh's social media accounts to force her hand: Yuqi Song has already expressed her stance, why aren't you posting, Shuhua Yeh? Are you pro-Taiwan-independence? If Shuhua Yeh does not post, she will face cyberbullying and a ban across the entire mainland internet. If Shuhua Yeh does post, firstly, she would betray her own conscience and Taiwan, which raised and nurtured her, and secondly, she would instantly lose the trust of Taiwan and the entire overseas market, and even smash her rice bowl as the Taoyuan tourism ambassador. No wonder South Korean netizens shouted abuses on the forum: Yuqi Song was the one who created the controversy, yet Shuhua Yeh was the one who got scolded and caught in the middle. Were their usual good relations just an act?

The second taboo is that the South Korean public has completely run out of patience with Chinese artists eating South Korea's food while smashing South Korea's pot. In the eyes of South Koreans, Yuqi Song relied on the training of a South Korean agency and the resources of K-POP globalization to transform from an unknown trainee into an international idol. The reason K-POP can sweep the globe is precisely because it stays away from geopolitics and embraces universal values. Yet Yuqi Song repeatedly used this international fame on Weibo to output hardline political declarations. South Korean netizens even dug up her past records: reposting flag-bearers in 2019, praising the centenary of the founding of the party in 2021, and blurting out Chinese Taiwan on a show in 2023, leading South Koreans to directly label her a repeat offender, believing that she only cares about the RMB market and completely ignores the life and death of the South Korean group. Yuqi Song's career in the South Korean entertainment industry has basically collapsed; she probably shouldn't expect to make money in South Korea ever again, and her path to internationalization is also coming to an end. Speaking of which, amidst the global crackdown on the CCP, Taiwan is becoming increasingly tough against the CCP, and the US momentum in supporting Taiwan is growing higher and higher, having even launched the Taiwan Fellowship Program. To the artists of the Party-State, I still offer you that same advice: loving your country comes with risks, and performances must be handled with caution.

After talking about the South Korean entertainment industry, let's look at the domestic scene. Over the past two years, the domestic entertainment industry has truly collapsed. A guy guarding the last post in Hengdian accepted an interview and said that the domestic entertainment industry is completely, utterly, and totally done for; if you look here now, there isn't even a single dog, and many actors filming have already gone home. Some went to do proper 9-to-5 jobs, some went back to run small businesses, and when relatives and friends ask, they just say they are no longer in Hengdian. Another extra actor said with a gloomy face that it was quite helpless: the other day, I heard a piece of news that broke my heart—actors participating in micro-dramas in Hengdian make about 100-something RMB a day, and our extra actors make about a dozen RMB a day. So I think all my colleagues should still think about what path we should take moving forward. Look at this: people once thought they could become stars, but now they find it hard even to get enough to eat. This is the true plight of actors drifting in Beijing and Hengdian right now.

Recently, news of the collapse of domestic entertainment filming locations has been endless. Following the near-abandonment of the Ningbo Xiangshan Film and Television City, Hengdian, known as China's Hollywood, is also experiencing a historic wave of unemployment. On one side, a large number of production crews are collectively withdrawing, and the previously bustling notice groups now cannot even find a single recruitment message; on the other side, local businesses and shops are so desolate that not a soul is in sight. A minor actor live-streaming stated that Hengdian is very deserted now. The apartment I live in now was so hard to get a room in when I came last year; look at it now, various rental advertisements are posting ads right under my building. The minor actor also said that in reality, directors of live-action dramas, executive directors, makeup artists, on-set makeup artists, actors, extras, artist assistants, lighting, and camera crew are all affected. When actors lose their jobs, they lose their jobs together.

From the bitter tears of the minor actor, it is not difficult to see that the rapid development of AI technology has not only left actors without food to eat, but even traditional film and television dramas have suffered a devastating subversion. For example, at the end of August this year, Hunan Satellite TV broadcasted The Journey to the West Sequel, with a total of more than 30 episodes and a total length of about 1,200 minutes, featuring no live-action actors throughout, all generated by AI. AI not only shortened the production cycle to 4 months, but the cost was also only one-tenth of live-action film and television dramas. This has led to a sharp decline in the start-up rate of live-action long dramas. Data shows that the total number of actors and behind-the-scenes staff in Hengdian has plummeted from a peak of 30,000 in the past to about 10,000 now, with a turnover rate as high as two-thirds. Also because of the withdrawal of a large number of production crews, the vacancy rate of Hengdian's studios once approached 80%. Currently, in order to survive, everyone has started to turn to the healing economy for self-rescue. In other words, since there are no crews coming to Hengdian, tourists are allowed to pay to play the protagonists, which has left many actors holding ideals dumbfounded.

A post-90s couple live-streamed their experiences, saying that 2026 is the most bleak year in Hengdian since they entered the industry. Studios that were once impossible to grab are now largely vacant and covered in dust. Preparation hotels that used to be packed every day are now desolate, and notices of work stoppages, crew withdrawals, and delayed start dates can be seen everywhere. For behind-the-scenes staff like them, no crew means complete unemployment, and their daily routine is no longer rushing work, staying up late, or running to the scene, but endless waiting and anxiety. The first thing they do when they open their eyes every day is to browse all crew groups, preparation groups, and labor groups. Messages that used to exceed 99 items are now completely silent all day long. After finally waiting for a crew notice, hundreds of staff members compete for a few positions, reaching the ultimate level of involution (rat race). In previous years, they didn't have to worry about work; as long as they were willing to endure hardship, there were crews to follow every day. But now, just having work is a blessing, and unemployment has become the norm.

Due to the poor market conditions, production crews have drastically cut costs, slashing positions repeatedly and pressing down wages. Normal working hours, normal salaries, and overtime subsidies from the past have all been canceled. This is the most realistic behind-the-scenes life of the

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