'A baseless smearing': China denies spying charge targeting Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang

China has rejected allegations that it was involved in an espionage operation targeting Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, calling the claims baseless and a “smearing”."The narrative of a so-called Chinese spy is entirely baseless vilification and smearing.", foreign ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said during a media briefing, as quoted by AFP.The denial comes as Nvidia’s board has launched an independent investigation into reports that Huang was targeted by a foreign intelligence operation involving Alice Huang, a former executive at Singapore-based data centre company Megaspeed.