State media uniformly led with Xi-Putin talks, now framing the relationship as entering a 'new stage' (People's Daily, Xinhua, Global Times, CCTV, China Daily, Beijing Daily, Guangming Daily, China Military Online). This narrative persisted throughout the day, reinforced by multiple AI overviews and repeated coverage of the 75th anniversary of China-Pakistan diplomatic relations. External outlets focused on Trump's Taiwan remarks and Lai Ching-te's sovereignty discourse (BBC Chinese, VOA Chinese, DW Chinese), while Secret China published pieces on a European Parliament resolution supporting Taiwan and a water poisoning incident in Henan. By evening, state media continued to emphasize the Xi-Putin 'new stage' framing, with no major deviation from the morning's editorial line.