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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
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.
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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.
Chen Liquan and Ben De recognised for advances in solid-state energy storage and military aviation defence.
Tianwen-2 spacecraft is equipped with varying sampling modes to perform best in uncertain terrain of 2016 HO3 asteroid.
Analysis of 70 audit reports across 43 higher education institutions reveals misuse of funds and poor expenditure tracking.
Novel approach would ‘fundamentally change’ model for small liquid-fuel launch vehicles, including ending reliance on fixed launch pads.
Latest in-orbit results from prototype Qingzhou cargo spacecraft show China is testing cameras, refrigeration and bio-support capsule.
Solar-powered innovation has shown year-long stability with zero utility energy costs, thanks to a new type of photothermal material.
Report showing global progress on 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals shows gap between Chinese and US closed significantly since 2015.
Unprecedented downpours prompt warning that links and systems adapted to an arid past may struggle to cope with a wetter future.
Complaints growing about a ‘grey industry’ catering to the need for published papers and attendance at specialist events.
A project in the coal-rich north is turning the tough solids of gangue into construction-grade aggregates and other high-value materials.
Graveyard discovered by Chinese team is Earth’s deepest and most extensive for whale fossils, carcasses and the ecosystems they support.
Senior reporter Dannie Peng visited Xinjiang in April to see first-hand how a vast industrial ecosystem is rapidly taking shape.
Rare and early surge in encounters across Beijing is causing alarm, although experts say most snakes are non-venomous.
Cartographer with business empire in spatial data and low-altitude economy suspected of ‘serious violations of duty’.
Liu Bin, former Zhejiang University professor who discovered the Liangzhu ruins, admits taking bribes and embezzlement.
Deadly explosion reveals the hurdles facing the mining hub as it tries to tap into greener sectors such as tourism.
Industry insiders say untracked workers, ‘hidden’ coal pits and airflow issues likely contributed to explosion that killed at least 82.
