Dannie Peng
Senior Reporter, China
Dannie joined SCMP in 2023 and focuses on science stories in China, with a particular interest in the scientific community and societal impacts of scientific advances. She previously worked for China Newsweek, covering topics including China's healthcare system, public health and science. She has won several awards for her investigative reporting.
Dannie joined SCMP in 2023 and focuses on science stories in China, with a particular interest in the scientific community and societal impacts of scientific advances. She previously worked for China Newsweek, covering topics including China's healthcare system, public health and science. She has won several awards for her investigative reporting.
Areas of Expertise:
Science, health, techLanguages Spoken:
English, Mandarin
China’s capital will enforce the country’s toughest rules on UAVs from November 15 but a no-fly zone will be in effect from Sunday.
Survey team says the ores, formed when super-hot water shoots from the seabed, are richer in gold and silver than those found on land.
Discoveries in southwest China’s Yunnan fill a geographic gap, uncovering how Denisovans lived as expert hunters of animals such as deer.
The study suggests a complete severing of trade ties would hurt both superpowers while bringing temporary gains elsewhere.
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Insulated from surface weather and natural disasters, mining tunnels could offer agricultural advantages amid climate change, scientists say.
Study by a rocket force medical team also warns there is a risk of attacks on cities ‘driven by geopolitical or religious conflicts’.
Scientists identified three genes that make it hard to combine the two varieties – and also highlighted a possible solution.
Technological advances alongside planning for increasingly severe weather events are more likely to help the rapidly growing sector.
Inbound students made up over half of the 46 HIV cases found among nearly 40,000 tests, researchers say.
After 20 months of recovery, the 51-year-old man is walking indoors with a frame, manages daily tasks and has regained lower leg sensation.
In new assessment, China blames Philippines for environmental harm and coral loss at disputed Sandy Cay and Second Thomas Shoal.
The breakthrough is expected to provide a foundation for scalable quantum communications, computing and networked sensing.
Described as tender and crisp, Cuimi delivers about double the yield compared with Shixia longan, say developers.
Thousands of trees die in Jinzhandian Park, a lush flood-storage wetland, amid exceptionally wet and rainy summer.
Candidates for postings in Henan were found to have paid officials for an advance look at the questions in an entrance exam.
Zhang Jianhua used his influence in and out of office to help third parties with approvals and investment.
Beijing is strengthening its aircraft carrier force as it improves capacity to operate in more distant seas and airspace, white paper warns.
Cai Qi meets frontier researchers, urging them to play their part in Communist Party governance.
After a successful trial, the cutting-edge devices will be rolled out nationwide to boost the power system’s reliability.
Scientist says child’s death reveals ‘serious failures in risk assessment, transparency and institutional oversight’.
Ancient plants were capable of producing resin to protect themselves 65 million years earlier than previously thought, study finds.
Expert calls for a change in approach after state media report alleged county officials misreported the size of rice fields to meet targets.
The system has been designed to provide ‘tailored’ services that help developing countries better prepare for extreme weather events.
The Tongji University professor, who specialised in the study of how cells age and form tumours, led several national research programmes.
Long macaque breeding cycles and fully pre-booked colonies have forced some researchers to put critical studies on hold.
The institution will replace English lessons with intercultural communication courses as translation tools bridge language barriers.
Researchers say their sensor can monitor levels of the neurotransmitter in real time, bringing at-home health management ‘closer to reality’.
Online ‘weather enthusiasts’ in China are posting typhoon predictions, prompting criticism from state media.
As Washington and Beijing lock horns over national security, political friction may be dismantling decades of fruitful shared discovery.
