12:25⇢Military facility regulations signed
⌨The newspapers report on Xi Jinping signing new military facility construction regulations, with state media providing coordinated coverage across four outlets emphasizing streamlined management procedures, project approval processes, and security protocols taking effect August 1st (China Economic Net, People's Daily Chinese, Xinhua News, Xinhua News Chinese). Environmental messaging continues from yesterday's coordination but with reduced intensity, now limited to three sources featuring the "green mountains" slogan (CCTV, Huanqiu, Beijing Daily). Trump's expanded travel ban targeting 12 countries including partial restrictions on seven others generates coverage, with his statement "we don't want them" quoted directly (BBC Chinese, DW Chinese). Anti-corruption investigations surface in poverty relief programs, with five convictions in Qinghai province illustrating supervision failures during China's absolute poverty eradication campaign in the late 2010s (Caixin Global). Hong Kong's 2019 legislature storming cases see nine defendants including children's rights activist Althea Suen and actor Gregory Wong seeking to overturn rioting convictions (Hong Kong Free Press).