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China on Friday rejected a report by The New York Times alleging that an executive with close ties to “Nvidia” CEO Jensen Huang gathered intelligence for Beijing, and that US President Donald Trump took no action after being briefed on the matter.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun described the allegations as “unsubstantiated” and “nothing but a smear against China,” Anadolu Agency reported.
Alice Huang, also known as Huang Le and unrelated to Jensen Huang, held a senior position at Singapore-based data center company “Megaspeed”. The company was already under investigation on suspicion of helping China circumvent US restrictions on advanced artificial intelligence chips.
According to the newspaper, electronic surveillance identified Alice Huang as a Chinese intelligence asset and revealed her close relationship with Jensen Huang.
The report said Trump was briefed on the alleged activity roughly a year ago but chose not to act.
China criticizes proposed US telecom restrictions
Separately, Guo criticized plans by the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to vote next month on barring Chinese telecommunications companies from direct access to US phone numbers.
He also opposed the agency’s move to prohibit Chinese laboratories from testing smartphones and other electronic devices seeking entry to the US market.
“China firmly opposes and deplores the abuse of state power in unreasonably suppressing Chinese firms,” Guo said.
“The US’ practice seriously obstructs normal economic and trade exchanges between Chinese and US companies and does not serve the interests of any party, including US companies and consumers. China will take necessary measures to firmly safeguard its legitimate rights and interests,” he added.
