US using spy claims related to Nvidia’s Jensen Huang to justify technology ‘blockade’: China

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China accuses the US of using spy claims about Nvidia boss Jensen Huang to justify a technology blockade. Read more at straitstimes.com.

China has dismissed the claims about spying on Jensen Huang as “groundless speculation” and “an attempt to smear China”.

BEIJING – Beijing accused the United States on Nov 12 of using spurious spying claims as a pretext to impose a technological “blockade” on China, following claims that Nvidia boss Jensen Huang was the victim of a Chinese espionage plot.

“China’s technological progress is driven by independent innovation and open cooperation. The US side should stop fabricating such ‘spy’ narratives as a pretext for imposing a technological blockade,” foreign ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning told a regular briefing.

Huang, who co-founded Nvidia and turned it into the world’s leading supplier of the chips that power AI, has admitted to having an extramarital affair, reportedly with Alice Huang.

She is reported to be a former executive at Singapore-based Megaspeed and is thought by US officials to have worked for Chinese intelligence.

The Nvidia boss has spent years lobbying against curbs on sales of advanced chips to China.

US President Donald Trump in 2025 cleared Nvidia’s H200 chips for export there over objections from hawks in both parties who fear Beijing winning the race to dominate in AI technology.

China has dismissed the claims about spying on Huang as “groundless speculation” and “an attempt to smear China”.

The furore comes ahead of a meeting in November between Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping at the APEC gathering in Shenzhen in southern China. AFP

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