Taiwanese authorities have decided to revoke the visa of Alice Huang, who has been linked to allegations of an extramarital affair with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang (Huang Jen-hsun) and is suspected of spying for Chinese intelligence agencies, and bar her from entering Taiwan.

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and Alice Huang pictured together in a close moment. Alice Huang is currently reported to have gone into hiding. /Baidu search engine

According to Beijing-based sources familiar with cross-strait relations between China and Taiwan on Nov. 11, Taiwan's Minister of the Interior Liu Shyh-fang and National Immigration Agency Director-General Lin Horng-en said during a hearing at the Legislative Yuan that they had reviewed all of Alice Huang's entry and exit records and had revoked her visa and barred her from re-entering Taiwan. In particular, Liu also disclosed that the authorities were reviewing screening procedures for suspected spies who may have entered Taiwan under the guise of conducting business.

During the hearing, Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) legislator Huang Jie also reportedly raised concerns, saying, "Alice Huang openly entered Taiwan in June 2024 and May last year. She is not a Chinese citizen who has obtained permanent residency in a third country." This amounted to a claim that Alice Huang was a Chinese national who had not changed her nationality to conceal her Chinese identity.

In short, Huang Jie questioned how Alice Huang, despite being a Chinese national, had been able to enter Taiwan openly using a Hong Kong passport and a business visa. In this connection, the lawmaker also reportedly expressed concern about how to prevent Chinese spies from entering Taiwan under the guise of business activities, pointing out that the case had exposed loopholes in national security.

According to the sources, Jensen Huang and Alice Huang met several times in Taiwan. On May 22 last year, the two were also captured by the media appearing affectionate as they had dinner at Sanliu Shifu (三六食府), a restaurant in Taipei, chatting with their arms linked. Commenting on the incident, Cui Zhongxi, a Taiwanese businessman based in Beijing, said, "Taiwan's intelligence network can truly be described as having gaping holes. It would be a serious problem if something like this happened again." He added that he, too, had been quite shocked by the incident.

According to the sources, Alice Huang disappeared from public view immediately after allegations of her extramarital affair with Jensen Huang and suspected espionage surfaced, and has not been seen since. Her social media accounts and email accounts have also reportedly been shut down. No trace of her has been found even at addresses associated with her in Singapore and Hong Kong. It remains unknown whether she had thoroughly prepared for such a situation in advance or was caught off guard by circumstances she had never anticipated.

                                                                                                            Hong Soon-do