Jensen, Their Jensen, and a Nation of Lost Souls
The reaction over the past few days to Jensen Huang’s admission of an extra-marital affair caught me by surprise. Yet, the view among Taiwanese helps frame what this issue is really about for the entire world.
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Tim Culpan
Nov 10, 2026
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Good Morning from Taipei,
The reaction over the past few days to Jensen Huang’s admission of an extra-marital affair caught me by surprise. Yet, the view among Taiwanese helps frame what this issue is really about for the entire world.
“I’m in shock. I’m disappointed. I am sad. And I’m kinda angry,” one friend texted me. “It’s not the affair, it’s that it was with a Chinese spy.”
To understand that thinking, you need to understand Taiwan at its core.
Jensen is a hero in a country that has seen plenty of heroics but has few clear heroes. In most countries, citizens have pop artists, sports stars, and even politicians whom they look up to and revere.
Not Taiwan. TSMC founder Morris Chang held the role for a while (and he’s not even Taiwanese), while pockets of the population looked up to then-President Tsai Ing-wen. But beyond the pop idol of the day, foreign names like Kobe Bryant, Elon Musk and Rafael Nadal get arguably more love than any Taiwanese.
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