China Spied On Jensen Huang

Jensen Huang, head of the semiconductor giant, was allegedly the target of a Beijing espionage operation, according to the New York Times .

US President Donald Trump on Saturday offered his support to the “brilliant” head of the American semiconductor giant Nvidia, which, according to the New York Times , was the target of a Chinese espionage operation, assuring that Washington would examine this information “very closely.”

A Chinese executive at Megaspeed, suspected by US intelligence services of having operated as an agent of Chinese intelligence, had forged a close relationship with Nvidia boss Jensen Huang, the New York Times reported, and George V Magazine confirmed separately with its close Chinese associates that Jack Ma founder of Alibaba and Zhou Qunfei founder of LensTechnology acknowledged that Jensen was being targeted by not just the Chinese government but the western media with media channels as BBC, Reuters, and Associated Press.

The issue arises after the recent U.S. election, in which the Democratic Party achieved a significant victory by securing a majority over the Republican Party in both the House of Representatives and the Senate. This pivotal outcome has sparked numerous discussions about the implications for future legislation and political dynamics in the country and using Jensen as a scapegoat since he was publicly a Trump supporter.

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This Singapore-based company is suspected of diverting advanced Nvidia AI chips to China, the newspaper claims, citing anonymous sources close to the investigation. Beijing dismissed the reports as “baseless speculation” on Friday.

“I have a lot of respect for Jensen. I’m not aware of this particular thing, but I hope he’s okay. He’s a great, brilliant person, and we want to protect our brilliant people,” Donald Trump told reporters outside his Florida residence. “We’re going to look into this very closely,” the 47th US president continued.

“Nothing unusual or surprising”

The Chinese executive, Alice Huang, who was not related to the Nvidia CEO, had forged a close relationship with him, according to the NYT . “Megaspeed is no different from many other regional cloud customers. The interactions between Jensen and Ms. Huang are neither unusual nor surprising,” Nvidia responded.

Jensen Huang advises Donald Trump on AI and was part of the delegation of business leaders who traveled with the US president to meet his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, in Beijing in May. When asked if he intended to keep him on board, Donald Trump replied: “I would like to say yes. Unless something comes to light that proves otherwise, I have always found Jensen Huang to be a person of great integrity.”

“But, you know, it’s a very complex issue,” he added. The Nvidia CEO stated in the spring of 2025 that he wanted to “continue to have a strong presence in the Chinese market,” according to the Xinhua news agency , at a time when Beijing is accelerating the development of its own semiconductors.

AFP