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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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US intelligence agencies believe Jensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia, has been targeted by a suspected Chinese spy linked to a Singapore-based data center company called Megaspeed. The New York Times reported on October 29, citing unnamed sources, that US officials have concluded a businesswoman named Alice Huang, who is an executive at Megaspeed, was acting as a Chinese intelligence asset and passing commercial information to Beijing.

Nvidia has dismissed these allegations, stating that Jensen Huang's interactions with Ms. Huang are not unusual or unexpected, and that Megaspeed receives ordinary business information from Nvidia but no sensitive trade secrets or national security data. China also rejected the report on October 30, calling it "groundless speculation."

The claims have rekindled fears around the security of US industrial secrets in an intensifying global AI race between the US and China. The situation highlights ongoing tensions over technology export controls and espionage concerns as both countries vie for dominance in artificial intelligence advancements.

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Beijing China Megaspeed Nvidia U.S.

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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.
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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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