07:46⇢Xi Unveils "Five Major Projects" For Latin America
⌨The newspapers extensively report on Xi Jinping's speech at the China-Latin America and Caribbean Forum's ministerial meeting, where he unveiled "five major projects" to strengthen China-Latin America cooperation and build a "community with shared future" (Beijing Daily, CCTV, China Daily, China Economic Net, Global Times, Huanqiu, People's Daily, Xinhua). Xi called for countries to work together for global peace and prosperity (China Daily, Global Times, Xinhua). Meanwhile, Hong Kong has enacted updates to its national security law, imposing severe penalties including up to seven years imprisonment for disclosing information about national security investigations (HKFP). Taiwan media reports on a shocking child abuse case where a babysitter has admitted to fatally abusing a child, with sentencing expected May 13 (BBC Chinese).