TAIPEI – The woman accused of spying for Beijing during an affair with Nvidia founder Jensen Huang visited Taiwan a total of eight times in 2024 and 2025, a Taiwanese government minister said on Nov 12.
Taiwan, a dominant player in the global semiconductor industry, sits at the centre of strategic competition between the United States and China, which claims the self-ruled island as part of its territory.
Jensen Huang, chief executive of the US-based chip giant Nvidia, has admitted to having an extramarital affair, reportedly with Alice Huang, a former executive at Singapore-based Megaspeed who US officials believe was working for Chinese intelligence.
Alice Huang, who is also known as Huang Le, used a Hong Kong passport to enter Taiwan “under a standard business visitor status” and there were “no special flags” about her at the time, Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) Minister Chiu Chui-cheng told lawmakers.
Chiu made the remarks in Taiwan’s parliament in response to lawmakers’ questions about Alice Huang’s entries into Taiwan and a New York Times report that the United States had advised Taiwan as early as 2024 to monitor her movements.
“At least we at the Mainland Affairs Council did not receive any relevant information,” Chiu said.
“If we had, we definitely would have stepped up our entry screening and border flow management.”
