China accuses US of ‘fabricating’ Nvidia spy claims to push tech ‘blockade’

China accused the United States of inventing espionage claims involving Nvidia chief Jensen Huang to justify restricting technology trade with China. The dispute matters because access to advanced chips is central to competition between the two countries over artificial intelligence.

Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said China’s technological progress comes from innovation and open cooperation, and urged Washington to stop using “spy” narratives as a pretext for a blockade. Beijing has called the allegations groundless; US officials reportedly suspect Alice Huang, described as a former executive at Singapore-based Megaspeed, of working for Chinese intelligence. The claims emerged as Jensen Huang has lobbied against limits on chip sales to China, and ahead of a meeting next week between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping at the APEC gathering in Shenzhen.