A Chinese woman accused of spying for Beijing during an alleged affair with Nvidia Chief Executive Officer, Jensen Huang, visited Taiwan eight times between 2024 and 2025, according to the island's Mainland Affairs Council (MAC).
MAC Minister Chiu Chui-cheng disclosed this on Thursday while responding to questions from lawmakers in Taiwan's parliament over the woman's movements and reports that the United States had alerted Taiwan to monitor her activities as far back as 2024.
The woman, identified as Alice Huang, also known as Huang Le, is a former executive of Singapore-based Megaspeed. US officials reportedly suspect she was working for Chinese intelligence.
Her alleged relationship with Huang, founder and CEO of US chipmaking giant Nvidia, has attracted attention amid concerns over Beijing's intelligence activities and the strategic importance of Taiwan's semiconductor industry.
Taiwan is a major global semiconductor manufacturing hub and a focal point of geopolitical tensions between Washington and Beijing, which considers the self-governing island part of its territory.
Chiu told lawmakers that Alice Huang entered Taiwan using a Hong Kong passport and was granted entry under the standard business visitor category.
He said there were no special security alerts attached to her visits at the time.
According to the minister, immigration records showed that she travelled to Taiwan three times in 2024 and five times in 2025, with no record of her entering the island in 2026.
Chiu said the Mainland Affairs Council had not received intelligence suggesting that she posed a security threat.
"At least we at the Mainland Affairs Council did not receive any relevant information," he said, adding that the authorities would have strengthened border screening and monitoring had such intelligence been made available.
He further explained that anyone suspected of posing a security risk would be subjected to additional scrutiny and could be denied entry.
"If we had any of the kind of critical intelligence you mentioned, leading us to believe she posed a threat to Taiwanese society, we would have definitely flagged her for heightened review," Chiu said.
The Taiwanese government has confirmed that its security agencies are investigating the matter.
However, Cabinet spokeswoman Michelle Lee said on Thursday that there was no publicly available information establishing whether Alice Huang was suspected of committing any criminal offence or detailing the progress of the investigation.
She said the government could not disclose further information if a criminal investigation was ongoing, citing the principle of prosecutorial confidentiality.
The controversy gained further attention following the circulation of footage from a dinner hosted by Jensen Huang in Taipei in May 2025, during the Computex technology exhibition.
The event, held at a Chinese restaurant, was attended by technology industry figures and other guests.
Journalists gathered outside the venue and filmed through its glass windows and doors as Huang interacted with attendees alongside a woman identified as Alice Huang, who wore a pink dress.
Footage from livestreams showed the Nvidia chief placing his arm around the woman before she kissed him on the right cheek.
Huang has acknowledged having an extramarital affair, with reports linking the relationship to Alice Huang.
The allegations have raised fresh concerns about possible Chinese intelligence activities targeting individuals with access to sensitive information in the global technology industry, particularly as competition between the United States and China over advanced semiconductors intensifies.
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