Alice Huang, the Chinese woman accused of spying for China during an affair with Nvidia chief Jensen Huang, used a Hong Kong passport to enter Taiwan, the Taiwanese immigration agency said on Wednesday as authorities continue to investigate the incident.
Alice Huang’s professional background also includes reported stints in television, banking and investment management. Both Nvidia and Megaspeed, the Singapore-based company she was associated with, are under investigation amid allegations of a Chinese espionage operation targeting the chipmaker. Beijing has rejected the spying allegations. Jensen Huang admitted to having an affair with Alice Huang, also known as Huang Le, and wrote an apology note for a press release, apologising to his wife, children and employees. The circumstances surrounding her first meeting with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang remain unknown.
However, photographs show the two together at a technology event in Taipei in 2024, according to a report published by The New York Times. Due to long-standing geopolitical tensions between China and Taiwan, it is easier for a person holding a Hong Kong passport to enter Taiwan than for someone with a Mainland Chinese passport, who must apply for a special travel permit to cross the border, according to AFP.
US intelligence officials believe that Chinese businesswoman Alice Huang, a former top executive at Singapore-based data centre firm Megaspeed, was a suspected spy for Beijing, according to a report by The New York Times. She previously worked as a television reporter with Hunan TV and China Central Television (CCTV), China’s state broadcaster, according to a profile attributed to her in a Chinese private-fund database, cited by the NYT and the New York Post. Nvidia’s board announced on Sunday that it had opened an investigation into the Taiwanese CEO and co-founder of the company.
