China Says U.S. Uses Spy Allegations to Defend AI Chip Limits

China accused Washington of using allegations about Alice Huang to justify tighter limits on China’s access to advanced artificial intelligence chips, describing the policy as a technological blockade.

Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning urged U.S. officials to stop using what she described as fabricated spy narratives to justify the restrictions. The allegations concern Huang, a former executive at Singapore-based Megaspeed. U.S. officials reportedly suspect her of working for Chinese intelligence.

U.S. officials have also suspected Megaspeed of using shell companies to evade export restrictions and route advanced U.S. chips to China.

The remarks came about a week before President Donald Trump was due to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping at an APEC leaders’ summit in China.