{
  "id": 237130,
  "title": "US presses China over alleged scam bosses despite growing police cooperation",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/06/us-presses-china-over-alleged-scam-bosses-despite-growing-police-237130",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-06T21:13:40.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Reuters Business via SCMP",
    "slug": "reuters-business-via-scmp",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/us/article/3363222/us-presses-china-over-alleged-scam-bosses-despite-growing-police-cooperation"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "US President Donald Trump has personally pressed Chinese President Xi Jinping over transnational criminal organizations involved in Southeast Asia’s sprawling online scam industry, according to a senior State Department official. Michael DeSombre, assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that Washington is raising concerns about both fentanyl trafficking and scam centers at the highest levels with Beijing. The US has urged China to demonstrate that it is not helping alleged Chinese crime bosses evade international accountability, with the Chinese embassy in Washington not immediately responding to a request for comment.",
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      {
        "outlet": "South China Morning Post",
        "title": "US presses China over alleged scam bosses despite growing police cooperation",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/06/us-presses-china-over-alleged-scam-bosses-despite-growing-police",
        "published": "2026-08-06T21:13:40.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Associated Press",
        "title": "China’s exports slow slightly in July despite robust demand for high-tech products",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/07/chinas-exports-slow-slightly-in-july-despite-robust-demand-for-high",
        "published": "2026-08-07T05:53:02.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "New Voice of Ukraine",
        "title": "U.S. expands sanctions on Cuba over military cooperation with Russia and China",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/07/u-s-expands-sanctions-on-cuba-over-military-cooperation-with-russia",
        "published": "2026-08-07T07:56:00.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}