Chinese spy tactics use romance as a long game to target the powerful

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Jensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia, resigned Thursday amid reports of an affair with a woman US officials allege is a Chinese spy, highlighting the role of intimate relationships in espionage. China's Ministry of State Security allegedly recruited businesswoman Alice Huang to collect intelligence on Huang, who acknowledged the affair but said he was unaware of her alleged spying. China denies the claims, and US officials have not provided evidence. China's intelligence services have long used romance as a long-term tactic, investing years in relationships to compromise targets, unlike Western agencies that view blackmail as less reliable. Historical cases include a Peking Opera singer and a US congressman's associate.


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