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US media alleged that Huang Le, a senior executive at a Singapore data center, was suspected of being a spy for Beijing, and also questioned his self-reported resume and chip business background. However, many of the companies and individuals involved have not responded, and no formal allegations of wrongdoing have been made so far.
American intelligence agencies monitor andHuida ceoJen-Hsun Huang Alice Huang, a Chinese executive of a Singapore data center operator who had close contact with him, was identified by US authorities as a Chinesedetective Suspected of gathering intelligence for Beijing. The New York Post reported on the 30th that Huang Le’s resume showed that he had worked for a well-known television station and a large global bank.
On Simuwang, a database of Chinese private equity funds, a woman’s appearance matches the man in Huang Renxun’s photo. The data lists him as “fund manager Huang Le” and his title as executive director of Shanghai Hexi Investment Management. The resume is quite attractive, listing 4 years of experience in the media industry and 8 years of experience in the securities industry, including working as a reporter for Hunan Satellite TV and CCTV, assistant to the president of HSBC’s private banking department, and vice president of the securities business department of CITIC Securities.
However, this resume may sound too impressive to be true. A supervisor at Hunan Satellite TV said: “I have never heard of him. If someone really worked as a reporter at Hunan Satellite TV, you would easily find their name or personal information on the company’s website.”
The New York Post could not find information about the journalists named Huang Le on the websites of Hunan Satellite TV and China Central Television (CCTV). HSBC and CITIC Securities did not respond to inquiries, and Shanghai Hexi did not respond to interview requests.
Huang Le is generally considered a successful businessman and has not been formally accused of any wrongdoing. He is not related to Jen-Hsun Huang. The New York Times, which first revealed Huang’s contacts with suspected Chinese spies, reported a “close relationship” between the two, but acknowledged that it could not confirm how close the two were.
A Huida spokesperson told the New York Post: “The conversation between Jen-Hsun Huang and Ms. Huang is not unusual or surprising. Meeting customers is part of a CEO’s job; Jen-Hsun Huang talks to thousands of senior executives at client companies every year.”
Huang Le once helped run Singapore chip company MegaSpeed. Since the company is not Chinese, it has access to Huida’s most advanced chips worth millions of dollars. However, several reports that MegaSpeed leased computing power to Alibaba and other Chinese companies led to controversy. Bloomberg reported that by November 2025, MegaSpeed had imported about 136,000 Huida GPUs, but Huida auditors found only thousands of the latest chips in the company’s data center, raising questions over the flow of chips.
The U.S. Commerce Department investigated whether MegaSpeed helped smuggle chips into China and submitted findings to the Justice Department this year. Singapore authorities also summoned Huang Le for questioning in 2025, but he was released without charge. MegaSpeed told The New York Times that it had hired outside lawyers to investigate, but did not respond to The New York Post’s inquiries; The newspaper was also unable to contact Huang Le.
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Reports claim that he has close relations with Huida CEO Jen-Hsun Huang and that US intelligence agencies are constantly monitoring him. Additionally, he is involved in the Singapore data center and chip flow controversies, and is therefore considered by authorities to be an intelligence gatherer for Beijing.
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The database shows that she has worked as a reporter for Hunan Satellite TV and CCTV, and also served as assistant to the president of the private banking department of HSBC Bank and vice president of the securities business department of CITIC Securities, and is marked as the executive director of Shanghai Hexi Investment Management Company.
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Although MegaSpeed is a Singapore company, it was accused of leasing computing power to Chinese companies such as Alibaba, and after importing approximately 136,000 Huida GPUs, only thousands of the latest chips were found during inspection, triggering an investigation into the suspicious flow of chips into China.
