Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun called the alleged espionage claims linked to the US chipmaker's chief executive unsubstantiated smears.

Published 9 Nov 2026, 21:04 GMT

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Beijing has dismissed as fabricated and defamatory claims that Chinese intelligence was involved in a reported extramarital relationship involving Jensen Huang, Chief Executive Officer of Nvidia.

Speaking in Beijing on Monday, November 9, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun dismissed the reports at a regular briefing.

“The so-called Chinese spy allegation is unsubstantiated. It is nothing but smears against China,” Guo said.

Beijing's response follows an announcement by the US chipmaker that it had launched an independent board investigation after Huang admitted to an extramarital relationship and after media outlets reported he may have been targeted by an alleged foreign intelligence operation.

Nvidia's board said it would review all available information but had so far found no grounds to conclude that company secrets had been exposed or US national security compromised.

In a separate statement, Huang apologised to his wife and children for his actions and pledged to cooperate with the board's inquiry.

US media reports, including coverage by The New York Times, said US security circles suspected that Chinese intelligence had recruited a businesswoman reportedly involved with Huang.

Those reports identified the woman as Alice Huang, also known as Huang Le, and said she was unrelated to the Nvidia chief executive.

China's state-run Global Times newspaper also dismissed the allegations on Monday, arguing that US media had inflated the reported relationship into an alleged espionage scandal based on a few photographs of a woman with “Asian features” and Nvidia's efforts to ease US trade restrictions on China.

Last week, three Republican committee chairs in the US House of Representatives asked Huang to testify later this month on the US$4.5 trillion chipmaker's security protocols against alleged foreign espionage, as Washington tightens oversight of artificial intelligence and national security.

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