From rural China to the forefront of AI The female businesswoman who is shaking up NVIDIA

[Beijing Current Affairs] Suspicions of spying for Chinese intelligence agencies have surfaced against a businesswoman who is said to have had an affair with Jensen Huang, CEO of US semiconductor giant Nvidia. At the center of this is a Chinese national, Alice Huang. Originally from the Shanghai financial world, he saw a business opportunity in the artificial intelligence (AI) investment boom and started his business. Media outlets around the world are reporting on his true nature, who is described as an ``ambitious person'' by those around him.

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According to Western media, Alice is from a rural village in China's inland Hunan province. CNN reported that he was 43 years old based on his immigration records. He studied at a university in Hong Kong known for its media education and gained experience at an investment company in Shanghai from 2015. In 2023, he became an executive at Megaspeed, a data center company in Singapore. You will also be told about your career as a TV reporter.

"There is no problem in securing semiconductors." Mr. Alice had approached investors to invest in the data center. In Singapore, she calls herself ``Alice Wong'' and her sales pitch is her ability to procure Nvidia semiconductors and her connections to China's Alibaba Group. Together with the company's founder, Kangwei, whom he met while working at an investment company in Shanghai, he built a complex group of companies. According to Chinese media, there are unconfirmed reports that Mr. Kang has been subject to compulsory measures from the Chinese authorities on suspicion of manipulating stock prices.

Bloomberg reported on the 12th that Aris returned to China and is currently living in Beijing. Security officials are also aware of his whereabouts.

Guo Jiakun, deputy spokesperson for China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, dismissed the suspicion that Alice was a spy as baseless rumor. Meanwhile, Singaporean authorities said last year that they were investigating MegaSpeed ​​on suspicion of violating domestic law. It was announced that the investigation would continue at the end of October this year. The Wall Street Journal has reported that Nvidia's board of directors is preparing to dismiss CEO Huang, and the ``espionage scandal'' between the US and China is likely to spread even further as they compete for high-tech supremacy.