{"id":10263,"date":"2026-11-12T11:10:03","date_gmt":"2026-11-12T11:10:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2026\/11\/12\/china-says-us-fabricating-nvidia-spy-claims-to-justify-tech-blockade\/"},"modified":"2026-11-12T11:10:03","modified_gmt":"2026-11-12T11:10:03","slug":"china-says-us-fabricating-nvidia-spy-claims-to-justify-tech-blockade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2026\/11\/12\/china-says-us-fabricating-nvidia-spy-claims-to-justify-tech-blockade\/","title":{"rendered":"China says US \u2018fabricating\u2019 Nvidia spy claims to justify tech \u2018blockade\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><em>Nvidia CEO is under investigation for an affair with a woman whom US intelligence believes to be a Chinese spy.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>China has urged \u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060the \u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060United States to stop \u201cfabricating so-called spy narratives and \u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060using them as a pretext for imposing \u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060a technological blockade\u201d, amid national security concerns that emerged over an affair involving Nvidia\u2019s CEO.<\/p>\n<p>Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning made the comments at a press briefing on Thursday when asked about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/11\/12\/what-could-chinese-intelligence-have-learned-from-nvidia-ceos-affair\">allegations<\/a> that the woman with whom Nvidia\u2019s Jensen Huang had a relationship was a Chinese spy.<\/p>\n<section>\n<h2>Recommended Stories <\/h2>\n<p><span>list of 3 items<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>list 1 of 3<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/economy\/2026\/11\/10\/nvidia-spy-scandal-fuels-debate-over-chip-exports-to-china\">Nvidia spy scandal fuels debate over chip exports to China<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 2 of 3<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/11\/11\/chinese-university-buys-nvidia-ai-h200-chips-despite-us-ban-records-show\">Chinese university buys Nvidia AI H200 chips despite US ban, records show<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 3 of 3<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/economy\/2026\/11\/11\/why-chinas-1-trillion-trade-surplus-isnt-all-good-news-for-its-economy\">Why China\u2019s $1 trillion trade surplus isn\u2019t all good news for its economy<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span>end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>Mao said that China\u2019s scientific and \u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060technological progress was \u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060driven by independent innovation and open cooperation, adding that Beijing was willing \u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060to work with the US to implement a consensus reached \u200c\u200c\u200c\u200cby their two heads of state. US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed to ease tariffs and lift restrictions on tech to de-escalate tensions following tit-for-tat tariffs in a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/10\/30\/trump-xi-meeting-in-busan-key-takeaways-from-the-summit\">trade deal in Busan<\/a>, South Korea.<\/p>\n<p>The remarks come ahead of a meeting next week between Trump and Xi at the APEC gathering in Shenzhen, southern China.<\/p>\n<p>Huang, who co-founded Nvidia and turned it into the world\u2019s leading supplier of the chips that power artificial intelligence (AI), has admitted to having an extramarital affair. The woman was reported to be Alice Huang, a former executive at Singapore-based Megaspeed who US officials believe worked for Chinese intelligence.<\/p>\n<p>Megaspeed on Thursday said it takes compliance obligations under US export control laws \u201cextremely seriously\u201d and that it \u201cis committed to working constructively and transparently with the US government\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Nvidia\u2019s 63-year-old boss has spent years lobbying against curbs on sales of advanced chips to China. Last year Trump cleared Nvidia\u2019s H200 chips for export to China despite objections from Republicans and Democrats who fear Chinese dominance in AI technology.<\/p>\n<p>China\u2019s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has denied the claims, calling them \u201centirely groundless, speculative and intended to smear and malign China\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Huang\u2019s position at the top of the $4.2 trillion company <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/economy\/2026\/11\/12\/nvidia-shares-plunge-amid-reports-board-to-discuss-ceo-huangs-future\">hangs in the balance<\/a> after Nvidia launched an investigation into him on Sunday. It is unclear whether the tech giant has a succession plan.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nvidia CEO is under investigation for an affair with a woman whom US intelligence believes to be a Chinese spy. China has urged \u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060the \u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060United States to stop \u201cfabricating so-called spy narratives and \u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060using them as a pretext for imposing \u2060\u2060\u2060\u2060a technological blockade\u201d, amid national security concerns that emerged over an affair involving Nvidia\u2019s CEO. &#8230; <a title=\"China says US \u2018fabricating\u2019 Nvidia spy claims to justify tech \u2018blockade\u2019\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2026\/11\/12\/china-says-us-fabricating-nvidia-spy-claims-to-justify-tech-blockade\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about China says US \u2018fabricating\u2019 Nvidia spy claims to justify tech \u2018blockade\u2019\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10264,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10263","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10263"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10263\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}