Follow-Up: Taiwan Revokes Alice Huang's Entry Permit, Interior Minister Says She Cannot Return
Taiwan Interior Minister Liu Shyh-fang confirmed in the Legislative Yuan on November 11 that Alice Huang, a former executive at Singapore-based data center company Megaspeed who has been linked to Nvidia Chief Executive Jensen Huang, had previously entered Taiwan and is now overseas. Liu said Huang's entry permit has been revoked, that she will not be allowed to enter Taiwan again, and that the National Immigration Agency is fully cooperating with national security agencies in their investigation.
The Legislative Yuan's Internal Administration Committee was reviewing the interior ministry's budget that day. DPP lawmaker Huang Chieh noted media reports that Huang had visited Taiwan in June 2024 and May 2025, and asked how the Chinese national had entered and how the government guards against espionage. "If we had known she was a spy, of course we would not have let her enter Taiwan," Liu said in response. She said the ministry would review its pre-entry screening, in-stay checks and interviews, and post-visit measures, and that, to her understanding, Huang's permit had already been revoked. TPP lawmaker Hsu Chung-hsin also questioned officials, saying Huang's repeated trips to Taiwan since 2024 could be a national security loophole.
National Immigration Agency Director-General Lin Horng-en told the committee that the authorities have Huang's entry and exit records. According to agency figures, mainland Chinese nationals made roughly 410,000 applications for short stays or residence in Taiwan in the first nine months of this year, including more than 60,000 business-visa visits; Lin pledged to strengthen joint checks with national security agencies.
On November 12, Taiwan officials added detail on the number of Huang's visits and the follow-up arrangements. According to Taiwan's Public Television Service, Mainland Affairs Council Minister Chiu Chui-cheng said Huang entered Taiwan on a Hong Kong passport eight times over two years, and that any future application from her would be flagged and strictly reviewed. A spokesperson for the Executive Yuan confirmed that Taiwan has begun a cooperative investigation with the United States into the case.
Huang is a former Megaspeed executive. According to The New York Times and other outlets, U.S. intelligence officials assessed that she had links to China's Ministry of State Security, an allegation that has not been established. Jensen Huang has acknowledged to employees that he was unfaithful to his wife, and Nvidia's board has opened an independent investigation, saying it has no reason to believe U.S. national security or Nvidia secrets were compromised. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun has said the claim that Huang gathered information for Beijing was purely groundless speculation and an attempt to smear and malign China. Huang herself has made no public response to date.
Since GSM began covering this matter, the newsroom has written to Nvidia's media department seeking comment and had received no formal reply as of publication. GSM will continue to follow official developments.
Reference: Central News Agency, Public Television Service
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Source: Taiwan Ministry of the Interior
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