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Following Jen-Hsun Huang’s involvement in the scandal, US lawmakers from both parties raised national security concerns about China’s intrusion and the flow of Huida chips into China. Congress has asked him and the concerned officials to come forward and give clarification.
CEO of Nvidia Huida (also translated as Nvidia)Jen-Hsun Huang He was involved in an affair with a Chinese woman, Alice Huang, and was suspected of spying. Members of both parties criticized him.
House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast, John Moolenaar, head of the Ad Hoc Committee on US-China Strategic Competition, and Intelligence Committee Chairman Eric Crawford wrote to Huang on the 4th, requesting that he participate in a closed briefing on November 18. The three said in the letter: “Recent reports have raised significant national security concerns regarding the People’s Republic of China’s access to sensitive U.S. technology and information. … While China’s penetration of the United States and its acquisition of cutting-edge U.S. technology is at the core of these three committees’ investigations this Congress, Congress must clarify the extent of the risks to U.S. national security.
delawaredemocratic party Senator Chris Coons posted on social platformstrump The more we learn about this absurd relationship between the government, Chinese spies, and artificial intelligence billionaires, the more we become convinced that not everything this government does is flawless. Congress will investigate and seek answers. “Coons is expected to take over the chairmanship of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee after Democrats regain control of the Senate in January next year.
On the other hand, Republican US Senator John Cornyn of Texas shared a New York Times report on the 7th, saying that the Trump administration had sanctioned a Chinese company called New Matrix to collect chips for Huida in Beijing. The New York Times investigation found that there was little evidence of actual operations at the company’s registered address, even though the Trump administration’s Commerce Department had conducted a review and determined that the company did not pose a national security risk. Kong Ning posted an article on the X platform, calling the situation revealed in this report “outrageous”. Democratic U.S. Representative from Rhode Island and House Homeland Security Committee member Seth Magaziner called on Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick to attend Congress with Huang.
Elizabeth Warren, the top Democratic member of the Senate Banking Committee and US Senator from Massachusetts Warren, made a statement on October 29 questioning the connection between the Zhen-Hsun Huang incident and the flow of advanced AI chips from the United States to China, and pointed out that Congress has long been concerned about Huida’s export control compliance. “For several months, members of both parties in Congress have been expressing concerns about the flow of Huida’s advanced AI chips into China. In June this year, I asked Huida’s board of directors to investigate whether the company complied with US export control regulations. Now the latest reports indicate that Huida’s CEO Huang Renxun is suspected of being the target of Chinese spies, and that they have defrauded the woman’s company in Singapore of at least 4.8 billion yuan. Sell advanced AI chips Huang Renxun and Huida’s board of directors must also pass bipartisan legislation designed to stem the flow of American advanced technology into China.
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The main controversy is that Huang Jen-hsun’s love affair with a Chinese woman has been raised to espionage and national security concerns. Lawmakers are concerned China could use it to obtain sensitive US technology, which could lead to joint pressure from both sides.
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The House Foreign Affairs Committee, the US-China Strategic Competition Ad Hoc Committee and the Intelligence Committee jointly sent a letter requesting Huang to participate in a closed briefing meeting on November 18 to clarify concerns about Chinese intrusion and technology leakage.
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Democratic congressmen such as Coons, Warren, and Magazina demanded an investigation and clarification; Republican Senator Conning also criticized the related reports, calling them outrageous. Warren also advocates passing bipartisan legislation to stem the flow of advanced technology to China.
