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China denies spying on Nvidia's Jensen Huang

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On October 30, 2026, China's Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun dismissed as groundless speculation reports by The New York Times alleging that Chinese intelligence attempted to gather information from Jensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia. The article claims U.S. intelligence believes a Chinese executive at Megaspeed, a Singapore-based data center company, was funneling information about Nvidia's AI chips and President Trump’s policy thinking on AI to Beijing. China denies these allegations, stating they are an attempt to smear the country in the context of tech competition with the United States.
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As of October 29, 2026, US intelligence agencies reported that Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang had developed a close relationship with Alice Huang, a Singapore-based data center executive suspected of being a Chinese intelligence asset. The CIA believes Alice Huang was smuggling advanced AI microchips to China and passing commercial information to Beijing. This has alarmed the White House and raised national security concerns amid US-China competition in artificial intelligence.

The New York Times reported that Alice Huang, an executive at Megaspeed, had interacted with Jensen Huang, potentially gleaning sensitive information about Nvidia’s technology and business dealings. Megaspeed provides AI computing power to Chinese companies like Alibaba.

China has denied these allegations, stating they are "groundless speculation." The company also claims its leadership took the accusations seriously and appointed external legal advisers for an internal investigation.

On October 31, President Donald Trump voiced his support for Jensen Huang, despite the reported concerns. Trump's stance aligns with Nvidia’s own defense of their CEO’s relationship with Alice Huang.

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Nvidia ORG · 7× China GPE · 6× Megaspeed ORG · 3× U.S. GPE · 3× AFP ORG · 2× Beijing GPE · 2× Chinese NORP · 2× Jensen Huang PERSON · 2× The New York Times ORG · 2× Singapore GPE · 1×

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The article by The New York Times, published on Thursday (October 29, 2026), said that U.S. intelligence officials concluded that a Chinese executive linked to a Singapore-based data centre company had been funnelling information to Beijing.
framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-10-30
🔮 That could have given her insights into U.S. President Donald Trump's thinking around AI, an issue likely to arise during talks with China's President Xi Jinping next month.
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China denies spying on Nvidia's Jensen Huang · assertive framing

Claims (13 extracted, 2 hedged)

Beijing dismissed as "groundless speculation" on Friday (October 30, 2026) a report that said Jensen Huang, head of U.S. chip giant Nvidia, was the target of a Chinese spy plot. asserted
Huang → dismiss → plot
The article by The New York Times, published on Thursday (October 29, 2026), said that U.S. intelligence officials concluded that a Chinese executive linked to a Singapore-based data centre company had been funnelling information to Beijing. asserted
executive → publish → Beijing
"The report in question is based on groundless speculation and is nothing more than an attempt to smear China," Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun said at a regular briefing. asserted
Jiakun → base → briefing
China is in a race for tech dominance with the United States, which restricts the export to China of the most cutting-edge silicon chips, designed by industry leader Nvidia and used to train and run AI models. asserted
which → restrict → models
The data centre company, Megaspeed, was under scrutiny for possibly steering Nvidia AI chips to China, the report said, citing unnamed sources briefed on the matter. uncertain
report → steer → matter
But the executive Alice Huang — also known as Huang Le, and no relation to 63-year-old Taiwanese-born Jensen Huang — developed a close relationship with the Nvidia boss, the New York Times said. asserted
Times → know → boss
That could have given her insights into U.S. President Donald Trump's thinking around AI, an issue likely to arise during talks with China's President Xi Jinping next month. uncertain
That → give → Jinping
Mr. Trump was briefed on the intelligence findings roughly a year ago and chose not to act on the information, the report said. asserted
report → brief → information
Nvidia is the world's most valuable company thanks to the global drive to build data centres packed with specialist computer chips and other hardware that runs AI systems. asserted
that → build → systems
An Nvidia spokesperson told AFP on Friday (October 30, 2026) that Megaspeed was like any other regional customer and "Jensen's interactions with Ms. Huang are not unusual or unexpected". asserted
interactions → tell → Huang
"Our regional cloud customers receive ordinary business information — not sensitive NVIDIA trade secrets — and zero information relevant to national security," they said. asserted
they → receive → security
The spokesperson added that allegations the Singaporean company was smuggling chips to China "were thoroughly investigated and debunked last year". asserted
company → add → China
AFP attemped to contact Megaspeed for comment, but when calling the phone number listed on its website, the person who answered said they were unfamiliar with the company and that the number was a residential line. asserted
number → attempe → company
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