02:31⇢Xi Tours Lijiang's Ancient City and Flower Parks
⌨The newspapers report extensively on Xi Jinping's latest inspection tour in Yunnan Province, with synchronized coverage across state media of his visit to Lijiang City's flower industry park and ancient town (People's Daily, Xinhua, Huanqiu). Multiple outlets also continue covering his earlier Guizhou tour using identical phrasing about "spring arriving in Qiandongnan" and displaying "new charm through high-quality development" (Beijing Daily, CCTV, China Daily, Guangming Daily). International coverage focuses on the Trump-Putin phone call, with BBC Chinese reporting it's viewed as a "victory" for Putin, who used the two-hour conversation to present his peace terms, while China Digital Times notes censorship of discussions about Trump shutting down Voice of America and Radio Free Asia.