Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang visits China, praises its electric vehicles and tech innovation, calls Xiaomi a miracle, and hopes for stronger US-China tech ties.

As America and China swap shots in the trade battle served up by Donald Trump, Mr Huang has pinged and ponged between Washington and Beijing to reassure both sides it is in their mutual interest to let his company keep selling some of its artificial-intelligence ( AI) chips to Chinese buyers.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang moved ahead of LVMH’s Bernard Arnault to become the world’s sixth-richest person as shares of the chipmaker rallied to an all-time high Tuesday, after the company said sales of its H20 AI chips would resume “soon” in China,

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