Response from China to espionage accusations against Nvidia CEO

"The allegation of so-called Chinese espionage is groundless," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun said at a regular press conference in Beijing.

Guo reiterated China's stance, which it first put forward on October 30, after the New York Times reported that "US spies detected that a Chinese businesswoman who had a relationship with Huang was passing intelligence to Beijing."

Guo evaluated at the press conference, "This is nothing but slander against China."

It was noteworthy that the incident occurred before the Xi-Trump summit, which is planned to be held within the scope of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meeting to be held in Shenzhen, China next week.

The third meeting between the leaders of the world's two largest economies will be closely watched for signs of whether the two sides can maintain their fragile trade truce, especially after Trump's Republican Party lost its majority in Congress in the midterm elections.

In addition, China's state-run Global Times newspaper denied that Beijing had any connection with Huang's scandal.

The newspaper accused the US media of spreading a false narrative and warned that the issue could damage relations.

The newspaper stated that some media outlets, especially the New York Times, were "going crazy" with speculative news.

“All it took was a few photos showing Asian faces and Nvidia's previous efforts to ease trade restrictions on China,” the comment said.

The newspaper commented: "The American media, which has long presented itself as 'impartial', is making up the news in exactly this way."

"Whenever China-US relations begin to improve, someone usually makes a cold-blooded shot in the back," the newspaper said, claiming that there were behind-the-scenes efforts to "fuel the conflict" without providing any evidence.

The newspaper warned that an “anti-China scenario” would disrupt normal technology and trade exchanges and harm the interests of both sides.

The Global Times' commentary also compared this incident to an incident in 2023 when a Chinese balloon flew over the United States, sparking a diplomatic dispute.

Beijing stated that a civilian airship used mainly for meteorological research deviated from its route due to weather conditions, while Washington described it as a surveillance plane and shot it down over the sea.