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Today — 30 May 2026NYT | Top Stories

After China Orders a Times Reporter to Leave the Country, the U.S. Reciprocates

29 May 2026 at 23:53
The Trump administration ejected a Chinese journalist amid fresh concerns about Beijing’s growing pressure on foreign correspondents.

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U.S. and Chinese flags flying over Tiananmen Square during President Trump’s visit to Beijing this month.
Yesterday — 29 May 2026NYT | Top Stories

Europe Is Edging Closer to a Trade War With China. Here’s Why.

As cheap goods pour in, threatening the continent’s manufacturing sector, a search for solutions is becoming increasingly urgent.

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Chinese-made electric vehicles awaiting export at the port in Hangzhou, eastern China, in May.

Temu Hit With Fine in E.U. Over Sales of Unsafe Goods

The Chinese e-commerce platform faces a penalty of more than $230 million for selling baby toys and other products the European Commission said could harm consumers.

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The action against Temu comes amid broader European scrutiny of Chinese companies that sell goods in the region. The European Commission is also investigating Shein and AliExpress, two of Temu’s Chinese rivals.
Before yesterdayNYT | Top Stories

What Plunging Pork Prices Say About China’s Economy

28 May 2026 at 12:00
A key measure of inflation in China, they hit a 16-year low, driven by anemic consumer spending and an oversupply of hogs.

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A pig farm in Taizhou, China. “Many hog farmers can no longer hold out,” Sun Haoyu, who raises hogs in Dalian, China.

Xi Jinping Quit Smoking. China Still Cannot.

By: Joy Dong
27 May 2026 at 12:00
China’s tobacco monopoly has become so financially vital to the government that even its powerful leader has failed to curb the country’s smoking habit.

© Gilles Sabrie for The New York Times

China has made slow progress curbing tobacco use or enacting a national indoor smoking ban.

High-Level British Spy Warns of Expanding Russia Threat

27 May 2026 at 22:54
The director of Britain’s electronic surveillance agency warned that Moscow was getting more brazen, adding that estimates suggested 500,000 Russian soldiers had been killed in the Ukraine war.

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President Vladimir Putin appearing on a screen during the Victory Day celebrations in Moscow earlier this month.
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