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The author clearly means Nvidia losing face with respect to China. This concept of "losing face" may seem like just a small word or minor loss of reputation to
by drucken 14y ago
The author clearly means Nvidia losing face with respect to China.
This concept of "losing face" may seem like just a small word or minor loss of reputation to Westerners, but in a sense is more important in China (and to varying extent all over the Far East) than even money.
If the story is true, and the depth of detail leads me to believe it is very likely, then the reputational damage to Nvidia would be high and, more importantly, entrenched (an aspect of face that makes it different from mere temporary reputational loss) due the public service, government angle and the size of the proposal.
- mc32 14y agoAlso, the CEO is from Taiwan, so there could be some actual politics involved, seeing as CN regards TW as their "renegade" province.
- swang 14y agoThat has nothing to do with it. Why would China even meet with Nvidia if their CEO being Taiwanese was an issue? There are tons of Taiwanese companies manufacturing in China and China has interests in Taiwan as well. Assuming that this story is true (since it's based off "Rumors out of Beijing").
- mc32 14y agoI'm just speculating. I'm not making a stament of fact. However, it's not out of the question that CN cares about the politics of the people who deal with CN.