Afghanistan, Nov. 9 -- Alice Huang, a Chinese businesswoman and former executive at Singapore-based technology company Megaspeed, has come under scrutiny following reports of her alleged relationship with Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang and suspected links to Chinese intelligence.

Nvidia's board announced an independent investigation on Sunday, November 8, into whether its founder and chief executive had been targeted by a foreign intelligence operation. The inquiry follows reports by The New York Times that US authorities had identified Alice Huang as a Chinese intelligence asset who allegedly gathered information about the technology executive.

Alice Huang, also known as Huang Le, is a Chinese citizen who previously held a senior po...