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Huang's China chip-sales push frames Nvidia security questions

A Japanese report connects the independent inquiry to export restrictions, access to political thinking and Trump's response to an earlier warning.

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0:30Restaurant footage shows Huang with the woman at the center of the report.
1:19Citing the Times, the report describes intelligence concerns involving chip transfers and access to political thinking.
2:08Nvidia announces an independent investigation; Huang acknowledges the affair and promises cooperation.
2:57The broadcast contrasts US export restrictions with Huang's argument for access to China's chip market.
4:26The Times reportedly says Trump received an earlier warning; Trump defends Huang when questioned.
5:16China's Foreign Ministry rejects the espionage allegation as unfounded and defamatory.

Jensen Huang has argued for keeping Nvidia in China's vast semiconductor market. A Japanese news report places that position alongside a separate, unresolved question: whether a woman with whom he had an affair was working for Chinese intelligence.

Japan's TV Asahi, through its All-Nippon News Network channel ANNnewsCH, reports that Nvidia's board announced an independent investigation on November 8. Huang acknowledged the affair, apologized and promised to cooperate. The espionage allegation remains disputed, and Nvidia says it currently has no reason to believe company secrets or classified information were compromised.

The report shows footage of Huang with the woman at a Taipei restaurant in May last year. Citing The New York Times, it describes her as a Chinese national and former executive at a Singapore-based data-center business who was under investigation over suspected transfers of Nvidia chips to China.

New York Times reporter Paul Mozur explains the American authorities' concern: access could extend beyond technical information to Huang's private thinking and President Donald Trump's approach to artificial intelligence. That is a reported intelligence assessment, not an established finding of espionage.

The broadcast then turns to the commercial and security tensions surrounding Nvidia's business. Washington restricts advanced chip exports to China because of concerns about military use. Huang has argued that excessive restrictions have cost Nvidia access to the Chinese market. In footage from June, he describes China as highly competitive and says the company wants to be ready to enter when permitted.

The report also cites the Times' account that Trump was informed about the relationship roughly a year earlier but took no action. The newspaper attributed his reluctance to concerns about disrupting Nvidia's sales and complicating trade relations with China. Asked whether he should have acted, Trump rejects that suggestion and defends Huang: "I think he's an honorable guy."

The segment closes with China's Foreign Ministry rejecting the Chinese-spy allegation as unfounded and defamatory.

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