Taiwan Criticizes China’s Expulsion of New York Times Reporter NYT | Top Stories David Pierson 1 June 2026 at 14:00 The Taiwan president’s spokeswoman said China used “baseless pretexts” to punish journalists, which she called evidence that Beijing was a “troublemaker.” © Chiang Ying-Ying/Associated PressTaiwan’s president, Lai Ching-te, in Taipei last month.