China Denies Allegations of Honeytrapping Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang

China has vehemently denied claims that it honeytrapped American chipmaker Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang. Beijing has called the allegations "completely baseless" and a "malicious attempt" to tarnish its image, according to AFP. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiaqun told a media briefing that the entire episode involving the so-called Chinese spy was "completely unfounded, baseless and an attempt to smear China." China's clarification comes at a time when Nvidia's board of directors has launched an independent investigation into the whole affair. According to reports, US investigative agencies suspect that Alice Huang, a former executive at Singapore-based data centre company Megaspeed, was contacted by China's Ministry of State Security to gather sensitive information about Jensen Huang and Nvidia.