Washington, Nov. 10 -- Nvidia Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang's comments on the company's prospects in China have resurfaced amid reports concerning his relationship with Alice Huang, whom US intelligence agencies reportedly suspect of being a Chinese intelligence asset.

Speaking to Fortune in an interview conducted in October, before The New York Times reported the allegations, Huang described the opportunity for Nvidia in China as "large and growing". The remarks came weeks before he acknowledged having an affair with Alice Huang.

The comments have attracted renewed attention to Huang's longstanding efforts to secure access to the Chinese market, despite US export restrictions and Beijing's push to strengthen its domestic semicon...