Alice Huang, the Chinese tech executive accused of having an affair with Nvidia co-founder Jensen Huang while allegedly spying for Beijing, has ties to Hong Kong dating back about two decades – and a web of business links in the city, the South China Morning Post has found.
Huang, also known as Huang Le, first set foot in the city 20 years ago to study. Two decades on, company records show she continues to have links to the city, including as a director of a firm that shares an address with a Russian-linked robotics company sanctioned by the United States.
Described by a former classmate as “pure” and “kittenish” during her time as a student, Huang studied in Hong Kong for a master’s degree before rising to become an executive at Singapore-based cloud computing firm Megaspeed International in 2023 – a company that has since faced US scrutiny over suspected attempts to circumvent export controls on advanced semiconductors.
According to sources, Huang was among the first batch of graduates from Baptist University’s master of social sciences in media management programme in 2007.
“Back then, she could speak simple English. It wasn’t very fluent but good enough for basic conversation,” a classmate from her master’s course told the SCMP. “She was also very gentle and kittenish. Her Mandarin was pleasing to listen to.”
According to the classmate, Huang was a good student who was “pure” and “cute”.
They were taught by the late Clarence Chang Ching-po, a veteran media professional and the husband of local actress Siao Fong-fong.
Following graduation, Huang worked for Hunan Satellite TV, the classmate said.
After a short career in the media industry, Huang reportedly moved into finance, working for HSBC’s private bank in Hong Kong and Citic Securities.
Her role as the managing director of Megaspeed International and her alleged romantic relationship with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang drew global attention last month after The New York Times reported that US intelligence officials believed she had been recruited by China to gather information about the chip giant and its co-founder.
Video clips showing Jensen Huang and Alice Huang together at a dinner in Taipei in May 2025 subsequently went viral, capturing the CEO with his arm around her as she kissed him on the cheek.
Beijing dismissed the allegations on Monday. “The ‘Chinese spy’ allegation was purely unsubstantiated and directed at smearing China,” foreign ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun told a regular press briefing.
As of Wednesday, Huang Le was registered as the director of three companies using her Hong Kong ID – Nanjing Lingxing Technology, Stag Bay Technology and Aspen Creek – according to the Hong Kong Companies Registry. The latter two were incorporated in Hong Kong in July and August this year, respectively.
Stag Bay Technology was incorporated on July 6. The company’s registered office address matches Huang’s registered address: Room 401, 4/F, Wan Chai Central Building, 89 Lockhart Road, Wan Chai.
This same address appears on a sanctions list maintained by the US Office of Foreign Assets Control targeting entities accused of conducting “harmful foreign activities” on behalf of the Russian government. The sanctioned entity sharing the address is Robotronix Semiconductors.
The address is occupied by Centrium Bright Corporate Services, a secretarial company registered as a trust or company service provider licensee in Hong Kong.
Separately, Huang registered a different address, a residential building in Sheung Wan, for Aspen Creek. The specific business activities of both Stag Bay and Aspen Creek are unknown.
Nanjing Lingxing Technology was incorporated in mainland China and established a business presence in Hong Kong in April this year. Huang Le is one of its directors in the city.
She was reportedly an investor in Nanjing Lingxing with her husband, Kang Wei. The two were seen visiting China Automotive Innovation Corporation in 2023, with other senior executives of the company.
Nanjing Lingxing operates a ride-hailing service known as T3GO on the mainland. According to its website, the company was established jointly by China FAW Group, Dongfeng Motor Corporation and Chongqing Changan Automobile, in partnership with enterprises including Alibaba Group Holding and Tencent Holdings.
Alibaba owns the South China Morning Post.
A company formerly controlled by Huang, 7Road International, reportedly invested more than 100 million yuan (US$15 million) to acquire a minority stake in Nanjing Lingxing in December 2024.
In April 2026, Nanjing Lingxing filed for an initial public offering on the Hong Kong stock exchange with a valuation of 24.2 billion yuan. But in September, the China Securities Regulatory Commission halted the listing, requesting further explanations on matters including historical capital increases, equity transfer pricing and pricing rationales.
Information from Singapore’s Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority showed that Megaspeed was formerly known as 7Road International.
Huang Le, who registered the company using her Hong Kong passport, was appointed director and managing director on March 6, 2023, but ceased to hold both positions on November 10 that year.
On the same day, a British Virgin Islands entity named Huang Le Limited transferred shares in Megaspeed to SwiftData, a Singapore company.
SwiftData’s sole shareholder and director, Tan Yong Pong, also known as Chen Yongpeng, was appointed a director of Megaspeed that day.
In a separate deal in 2019, the Hong Kong-listed 7Road Holdings agreed to pay 1 billion yuan to acquire a game company, Osmanthus Vale, from Maple Vale Holdings, a company wholly owned by Huang Le, according to filings with the stock exchange.
Osmanthus Vale also owned a Hong Kong company, Hawthorn Vale Holdings (Hong Kong), and its mainland subsidiaries through another entity, Malus Vale Holdings. Kang Wei, who was reportedly Huang Le’s husband, was the director of Hawthorn Vale until he resigned on May 3, 2021, according to the Hong Kong Companies Registry.
Osmanthus Vale also held a 51 per cent stake in Poplar Vale Holdings, a British Virgin Islands company, the document showed.
Huang is reportedly in Beijing and has made no public statement on the matter, while Jensen Huang has pledged to cooperate with a US congressional investigation. -- SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST
