Chinese authorities hire female spy in 'romantic relationship' with head of US semiconductor giant - British newspaper

[Washington Current Affairs] On the 7th, the British newspaper Financial Times (electronic version) reported that Huang, CEO of semiconductor giant Nvidia, was in a ``romantic relationship'' with a female agent of the Chinese intelligence agency. U.S. intelligence agencies believe the woman was hired by China's Ministry of State Security, which collects information.

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He shared the contents of a memo prepared based on information obtained by US intelligence agencies. On the 5th, the Republican chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Mast, and others jointly released a letter requesting that Mr. Huang comply with a hearing in private regarding his relationship with women and other matters.

The woman is an executive at Megaspeed, a data center company based in Singapore. According to the New York Times, Mr. Huang may have been trying to help China obtain Nvidia's cutting-edge semiconductors, which are essential for the development of artificial intelligence (AI).