Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s affair: everything you need to know

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1. Could Jensen Huang’s affair become another ‘spy balloon’ saga for US-China ties?

China hawks in Washington could weaponise allegations that Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang was targeted by Chinese intelligence, despite denials from Beijing, Chinese experts warn.

2. ‘Adding fuel to fire’: how Nvidia CEO’s troubles could tighten China chip curbs

A political storm sparked by US media reports alleging American intelligence agencies suspect Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang was targeted in an espionage operation – a claim Beijing has denied – threatens to intensify Washington’s tech blockade on China following a Democratic midterm victory.

3. Who is Alice Huang and why is her relationship with Nvidia’s CEO under scrutiny?

US intelligence officials believe China may have recruited the businesswoman to gather information on the chip giant – an allegation Beijing firmly denies.

4. Nvidia scandal may test fragile US-China truce, experts say

The fallout from the Nvidia scandal may test the fragile truce between the US and China, analysts say, as calls in Washington grow to tighten semiconductor export controls just days before US President Donald Trump is due to meet Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Shenzhen, China.

5. Nvidia’s Jensen Huang scandal casts shadow over South Korea’s chip ‘bromance’

The scandal surrounding the Nvidia CEO risks delaying data centre roll-outs and accelerating White House restrictions on Korean chip giants.

6. Nvidia scandal, China chip claims put Singapore firm Megaspeed under scrutiny

Megaspeed, previously led by businesswoman Alice Huang, is accused of helping Chinese firms circumvent US chip export restrictions.

7. Elon Musk, Michael Miebach are joining Trump at Apec. What about Jensen Huang?

Nvidia chief’s attendance in doubt amid foreign intelligence investigation, as Beijing blasts allegation as “unsubstantiated”.

8. Trump backs Nvidia’s Huang over spy allegations, says Xi may raise case

US President Donald Trump said on Monday that Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang had told him he did not know a woman at the centre of espionage allegations was a suspected Chinese spy, and that he believed the technology executive’s account.

9. ‘Just personal matters’: Chinese GPU traders shrug off impact of Nvidia scandal

Prices for Nvidia graphics processing units (GPUs) are falling in China’s largest electronics market, as traders shrug off the frenzy of market speculation over tightening export controls in the wake of the US midterm elections and the Jensen Huang affair.

10. US Congress ups pressure on Nvidia’s Jensen Huang over alleged China spy links

Growing bipartisan pressure is mounting in the US Congress on Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang over his ties to a businesswoman suspected by US intelligence officials of working for Beijing’s intelligence services, with lawmakers from both parties demanding to know whether US national security was compromised.