Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning' soared to the top of China's box office over the May 30–June 1 weekend, earning $25.6 million.

President Trump and Chinese President Xi are set to speak soon according to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. Investors are ushering in a new month after the S&P 500 and Nasdaq registered the best month since November 2023.

China issued a blistering response after U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said "the threat China poses is real."

Fu Tong and his wife Elaine To were among the first demonstrators in Hong Kong to be charged with rioting in 2020 after pro-democracy and anti-China protests started in 2019 in the former British colony.

China has blasted the U.S. for issuing AI chip export control guidelines, stopping the sale of chip design software to China, and planning to revoke Chinese student visas.

The United States allowed its rare earth metals industry to move to China and could now face severe economic disruption as China limits crucial supplies.

China has denounced U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for calling the Asian country a threat, accusing him of touting a Cold War mentality.

The flurry of punitive measures taken against China by the Trump administration over the last few days was prompted by a belief among US officials that China has failed to live up to commitments it made in trade talks earlier this month,

National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett teased this morning a conversation on tariffs between President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping could happen as soon as this week. Politico’s China correspondent Phelim Kine joins Alex Witt to share his insight on this and a new term being used to describe Trump’s tariff policy that the president doesn’t appreciate.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said he believes President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping will speak soon, after Mr. Trump said China violated its trade agreement with the U.S.