House Republicans launch fresh anti-China spectacle over Nvidia CEO and alleged intelligence ties
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Republican members of three House committees have hauled Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang into yet another politically charged inquiry, demanding he answer questions about his contacts with a Chinese executive accused of gathering intelligence for Beijing.
Republican chairs of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, the Select Committee on China and the Intelligence Committee sent a joint letter to Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang, demanding details about his relationship with Alice Huang, a Chinese citizen who works for Megaspeed and is alleged to have collected information for Beijing. The lawmakers said the inquiry stems from their long-running alarm that China may have gained access to sensitive U.S. technology through Nvidia’s operations.
"China’s access to that sensitive U.S. tech is core to the investigative work of our three committees this Congress," the letter read, insisting that Congress must determine whether national security was put at risk.
The request comes after a New York Times report described Alice Huang’s close ties to Jensen Huang and said President Donald Trump was briefed on the intelligence findings about a year ago but took no action. The letter, dated Wednesday and released Thursday, invited Jensen Huang to an in-person briefing on Nov. 18, one day before Nvidia is scheduled to report its third-quarter earnings. Nvidia has not responded to a request for comment.
The Times said U.S. officials initially doubted that Jensen Huang knew about Alice Huang’s alleged intelligence activities, and it remains unclear whether that view has changed. The report also said Huang has not received a defensive briefing from the government.
Earlier this year, Jensen Huang joined a Trump administration business delegation that met Chinese President Xi Jinping. The delegation, which included CEOs of Apple, Tesla, SpaceX, Micron, Meta and senior financial executives, underscored Nvidia’s central role in the tangled U.S.–China trade and technology relationship. U.S. officials have also voiced suspicion that some chips obtained by Megaspeed may have been smuggled into China.