00:24⇢Singapore Summit as Student Numbers Plunge
⌨The newspapers report on Xi Jinping's diplomatic meetings with Singapore's Lee Hsien Loong (China Daily, Global Times, People's Daily, Xinhua) and Samoa's PM (China Military Online), emphasizing regional cooperation and climate change initiatives. New developments show a significant drop in graduate school applications in China, with nearly 1 million fewer applicants over two years (Economic Observer), while Hong Kong police arrest 46 in a domestic worker loan scheme investigation (HKFP).