Nvidia CEO is under investigation for an affair with a woman whom US intelligence believes to be a Chinese spy.
Published On 12 Nov 2026
China has urged the United States to cease fabricating spy narratives and using them as a pretext for imposing a technological blockade, responding to national security concerns arising from an affair involving Nvidia’s chief executive.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning addressed the allegations at a press briefing Thursday, after reports surfaced that the woman linked to Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang was suspected by US intelligence of working for Chinese security services.
Mao emphasized that China’s scientific and technological advancement stems from independent innovation and open cooperation. She added that Beijing remains willing to work with Washington to implement the consensus reached by their two heads of state. US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping previously agreed to ease tariffs and lift technology restrictions to de-escalate tensions following tit-for-tat trade measures in a deal struck in Busan, South Korea.
The remarks come ahead of a scheduled meeting between Trump and Xi at the APEC summit in Shenzhen next week.
Huang, who co-founded Nvidia and built it into the world’s leading supplier of artificial intelligence chips, has acknowledged an extramarital affair. The woman was identified as Alice Huang, a former executive at Singapore-based Megaspeed whom US officials believe worked for Chinese intelligence.
Megaspeed stated Thursday that it takes compliance obligations under US export control laws extremely seriously and remains committed to working constructively and transparently with the US government.
Nvidia’s 63-year-old chief has spent years lobbying against curbs on sales of advanced chips to China. Last year, the Trump administration cleared Nvidia’s H200 chips for export to China despite bipartisan objections from lawmakers who fear Chinese dominance in AI technology.
China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has denied the espionage claims, calling them entirely groundless, speculative, and intended to smear and malign China.
Huang’s position atop the $4.2 trillion company hangs in the balance after Nvidia launched an internal investigation into him on Sunday. It remains unclear whether the tech giant has a succession plan in place.
