03:16⇢Dragon Boat Festival Patriotism Push
⌨The newspapers report on a coordinated patriotic messaging campaign centered around Dragon Boat Festival, with six major state outlets publishing identical headlines about "deep family-country sentiment" (Beijing Daily, CCTV, China Daily Chinese, Guangming Daily, Huanqiu, Xinhua News Chinese). This represents a shift from yesterday's scientific workers focus to traditional cultural nationalism tied to the holiday. The campaign emphasizes "decoding Dragon Boat Festival cultural inheritance" and quotes "science has no borders, but scientists have homelands." Economic indicators show manufacturing PMI rising to 49.5 in May, with supply side returning to expansion (Caixin Chinese). Haidilao's franchise expansion faces bottlenecks despite capital availability, accepting only 3 new franchise stores from over 20,000 applications in the past year (Economic Observer). Meanwhile, US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth states at Shangri-La Dialogue that China aims to alter Asia's status quo (South China Morning Post), while Hong Kong continues national security prosecutions with an activist's father charged under Article 23 (Hong Kong Free Press).