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Victoria Bela
Reporter, China
Prior to joining SCMP in 2023, Victoria received her Bachelor’s degrees in Environmental Health and Environmental Studies from the University of Rochester, where she also worked in a Biochemistry lab. She holds a Master's in Public Policy from Peking University.
Prior to joining SCMP in 2023, Victoria received her Bachelor’s degrees in Environmental Health and Environmental Studies from the University of Rochester, where she also worked in a Biochemistry lab. She holds a Master's in Public Policy from Peking University.
Areas of Expertise:
Environmental Science, BiologyLanguages Spoken:
English, Mandarin, Russian
America’s Brookhaven lab once ‘monopolised’ the specialist technology, but China says it is now ’winning’ in that field.
Cancer patients who received the experimental treatment in combination with standard therapies saw improvement, study finds.
Round-the-clock tracking system helps to identify and monitor species travelling through a dam fishway on the Yarlung Tsangpo River.
Gande-1 01 is China’s first space debris monitoring satellite and the lead unit in a planned 120-satellite monitoring constellation.
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Desert regions are being transformed into clean energy hubs that also halt deserts and create habitats for wildlife.
Article dissecting China’s Yangtze River fishing ban, which saw water quality improvement and threatened species recovery, divides readers.
Specialised features of preserved 240 million-year-old skeleton suggest water-dwelling archosaurs existed earlier than originally thought.
Researchers identify damage patterns that reveal vulnerabilities in fixed overseas military installations and operational shortcomings.
A new facility leverages decades of research to produce high-strength rubber designed to meet requirements of EVs and heavy-duty transport.
Researchers are working on ways to use the fast-growing plant in the fight against desertification in China’s arid north.
System could enable study of complex biological processes in live animals over long periods with less tissue damage than earlier methods.
Zhejiang University’s Qiushi Engine topped the ResearchClawBench leaderboard, but it can’t reliably make new discoveries yet.
System could enable study of complex biological processes in live animals over long periods with less tissue damage than previous methods.
A Jurassic fossil dating back 150 million years fills in a vital part of the evolutionary puzzle of how birds took to the skies.
After receiving Chinese award, chemist and materials researcher says it gives him confidence that he’s ‘on the right track’.
Soon after launch, the first stage of the rocket returned vertically and was recovered via a sea platform, state media says.
Home-grown navigation system will allow for real-time tracking of containers, improving security and safety on vital transport route.
The tiny ceramic-based lithium-ion battery can withstand heat and still operate at up to 150 degrees Celsius, making it a safer power source.
Recently discovered space weather event ‘appears as a massive, spinning aurora near Earth’s magnetic poles’, say researchers.
The machine, which is in sea trials aboard the Song Hang research ship, is designed to mimic human movements and improve efficiency.
A team led by Tsinghua University says it has built a framework that could better predict and manage these powerful flows.
Rare powerful climate phenomenon threatens bring deadlier heatwaves, heavier rainfall, sharper droughts and larger economic losses.
The rocks were collected during the Chang’e-6 mission and the handover is the first time foreign scientists will have a chance to study them.
The organs worked for several days, offering evidence that transplanting multiple organs between the species is feasible.
Scientists report potential to boost cotton yield by nearly a quarter after inserting stress-resistance gene from a species of steppe moss.
Car batteries that charge in under 10 minutes, innovations in renewable-energy storage – Chinese advances make alternatives to fossil-fuel power more appealing.
China’s discovery of rare quartz used to make solar panels and semiconductors could help rewrite US import dominance.
Aggressive schedule for nuclear-powered vessel may strain US shipyards and maritime industrial base, congressional budget amendment warns.
Use of renewables held back by ‘inflexible management of coal power plants and power grids, not a lack of grid infrastructure’: CREA.
