China rejects spying allegations against Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, calls it 'baseless'
Chinese officials called the spy claims unsubstantiated as Nvidia opened an independent probe and its shares fell about 5% in premarket trading, the company said.
- Chinese state-run media rejected allegations linking Beijing to Nvidia Corp chief executive officer Jensen Huang's affair, accusing American outlets of fabricating a spy narrative.
- Following Huang's admission of an affair with a woman identified as a suspected Chinese spy, the Nvidia board assembled a committee of independent directors to investigate.
- Last week, House Republicans requested a briefing with Huang to discuss his dealings with Alice Huang, also known as Huang Le, identified in reports as a suspected spy.
- Next week, President Donald Trump will visit Shenzhen for an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit to meet Xi Jinping, with officials monitoring whether the leaders can sustain a fragile trade truce.
- The Global Times accused the New York Times of 'going crazy' with speculation and compared the Huang episode to the 2023 balloon incident, claiming behind-the-scenes efforts to 'stir up confrontation.
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China dismisses as a smear campaign claims of a spy plot involving Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang
China denied on Monday it engaged in an attempt to ensnare Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, saying the spying allegations were unsubstantiated and a smear campaign against Beijing.
China's espionage claims in the case of the Director General of the American company Nvidia Jensen Huang were completely unfounded, stated the official spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China, Go Jiakun. "The allegations of so-called Chinese espionage are totally unfounded, constitute slander and slander", Go Jiakun commented on the information that the Chinese businessman, who had a close relationship with the head of Nvidia, was …
According to the U.S. newspaper The New York Times, Huang acknowledged before Nvidia's board of directors that he had an intimate relationship with an entrepreneur whom U.S. intelligence services identified as someone who collected information for Beijing.
China had previously denied the New York Times article that Nvidia's boss had developed a close relationship with a Chinese spy citizen in Beijing.
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