Beijing’s revamped entry scheme is the centrepiece of a quest to close a critical skills gap, but insiders say more barriers must come down.
2 Dec 2025 - 11:42PM videocam
Amid decoupling risks, Chinese educators are embracing globalisation by ‘moving ideas’ to resist geopolitical walls.
17 Nov 2025 - 6:51PM videocam
This is the first in an SCMP Plus series annotating different parts of China’s five-year plan recommendations. The focus is on industry and technology.
Communist Party newspaper Study Times argues that digital assets are the new toolbox for wartime financial strategies.
25 Oct 2025 - 11:55PM videocam
Rocket specialist Zhao Ruian has urged the Chinese people to remain calm about hi-tech weapons because ‘true breakthroughs lie in 2050’.
21 Oct 2025 - 5:59PM videocam
Supporters of the theory say that China’s successes are not being recognised because of a racialised, hierarchical view of the world.
21 Oct 2025 - 11:00AM videocam
State media says PLA abacus programme aids infantry and artillery units in determining optimal firing times and helps soldiers keep focus.
14 Oct 2025 - 7:00PM videocam
Influential maths expert calls to nurture domestic talent, notes ‘profound symbolic weight’ of Hong Kong’s bid to host top 2030 conference.
13 Oct 2025 - 11:06AM videocam
Tsinghua University’s Shing-Tung Yau on how China can stop being a follower in science, an opportunity for Hong Kong and chaos in Trump’s US.
9 Oct 2025 - 4:35PM videocam
As China ramps up its search for foreign tech expertise, a new generation of talent finds its perspectives on the country are changing.
26 Sep 2025 - 6:00PM videocam
Beijing’s infrastructure programme and other partnership initiatives with the Central Asian republics have seen visitor numbers soar.
15 Sep 2025 - 12:00PM videocam
Li Chenggang wraps up three-day trip amid tariff war truce as Beijing and Washington prepare for fourth round of trade talks.
30 Aug 2025 - 11:00PM videocam
Experts say the country’s wartime sacrifice makes it a steward, not a disruptor, of the international system.
28 Aug 2025 - 12:52PM videocam
Local tournaments ignite supporters and promote ethnic harmony, with thousands of pitches added in first decade towards 2050 goal.
8 Jun 2025 - 2:13PM videocam
Leading scholar Wang Shuguo’s criticism that narrow doctoral studies ‘shackle’ talent reverberates through higher education circles.
31 May 2025 - 8:00PM videocam
Linguistic, cultural and political differences make interpretation difficult, but analysts also point to factors like the target audience.
28 May 2025 - 9:29AM videocam
Anthemic videos show off Beijing’s military as internet users celebrate Chinese-made weapons used in Kashmir conflict.
24 May 2025 - 8:00AM videocam
The country’s consumer price index dropped by 0.1 per cent last month as trade war raises concerns over deflationary pressures.
The national strategic blueprint has evolved from its roots in a Soviet-style planned economy to today’s more responsive model.
2 May 2025 - 7:47PM videocam
Citizens surveyed put forward a range of responses and, while worried about a trade war, many are in favour of Beijing’s strong response.
10 Apr 2025 - 9:14PM videocam
The problems could cost the equivalent of US$57 billion, around 22 per cent of the total national health budget.
6 Apr 2025 - 8:41PM videocam
When the 75-year-old maths genius left Harvard, many thought he would retire. Instead, he is nurturing the next generation of Chinese talent.
1 Apr 2025 - 12:43AM videocam
Fields Medal winner Shing-Tung Yau reflects on the gap between mathematics development in the US and China.
The PLA said the jet came down on Saturday afternoon but no damage had been caused on the ground.
In Beijing, Premier Li Qiang pledges more spending to drive economic growth, while in Washington the president announces dramatic cutbacks.
5 Mar 2025 - 6:01PM videocam
Li sets out goals for economic growth, jobs, the private sector, tech and Hong Kong at opening ceremony of China’s top legislature.
5 Mar 2025 - 6:25PM videocam
Economic fundamentals are stable, CPPCC spokesman says, as attention shifts to private sector.
12 Mar 2025 - 2:43PM videocam
‘The AI leap was achieved under the chip export sanction of the US … It convinced me that diligent and smart Chinese people can make things happen’.
1 Mar 2025 - 10:52AM videocam
As Chinese local governments jump onto the DeepSeek bandwagon, not all public servants are pleased with their AI colleagues.
24 Feb 2025 - 3:01PM videocam
Zheng Yongnian at CUHK-Shenzhen says ‘excessive nationalism would be detrimental for China in the fiercer tech competition down the road’.
22 Feb 2025 - 9:10PM videocam