The Chinese Executive has rejected this Monday as “pure invention and slander” the information pointing to a Chinese businesswoman, sentimentally linked with a senior executive of the American technology company Nvidia, and who would have been monitored by the intelligence services of the United States after it was suspected that she was acting in Pekín’s interest.
“The alleged accusation of a ‘Chinese spy’ is pure invention and slander,” the spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Guo Jia-Kun, said at a press conference.
The Foreign Affairs representative responded in this way to questions about the information published by the “New York Times” and the “Financial Times,” which identify the businesswoman as Alice Huang, whose company acquired advanced chips from Nvidia. According to these newspapers, the woman would have been the subject of surveillance by the U.S. secret services after it was considered that she could have been recruited by China.
The board of directors of the American multinational announced this Sunday the launch of an “independent investigation” following the revelations linking this Chinese businesswoman, based in Singapore, with its chief executive officer, Jensen Huang.
The executive, who has admitted the extramarital relationship, would have been “the target of a foreign intelligence operation,” Ndivia said in its statement.
According to the company, the investigation will be led by a committee formed by independent directors and will have the support of external advisors. The company emphasizes that “it has no reason to believe that national security or Nvidia’s secrets have been put at risk.”