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Asian-American advocacy organisations have lobbied the US Congress to oppose attempts to revive the China Initiative. Photo: Getty Images
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US House lawmakers abandon bid to bring back controversial China Initiative

Advocacy groups hail decision to remove provision aiming to reinstate programme accused of unfairly targeting Chinese-American researchers.

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China cites Biden’s message to Xi that Japan could build nukes ‘overnight’

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Why Chinese space station is studying how gravity affects battery performance

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At US$1,455 per ounce, China’s e-waste gold recovery is world’s most efficient

New method can extract precious metals from old mobile phones, computers and home appliances in less than 20 minutes.

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Chinese scientists have found a way to harvest gold from electronic waste in under 20 minutes and at a cost less than a third of the present market price. Photo: Shutterstock
Chinese scientists have found a way to harvest gold from electronic waste in under 20 minutes and at a cost less than a third of the present market price. Photo: Shutterstock
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China sends 0.1-second blackout recovery tech to protect grids in 12 nations

Grid protection technology enables faults to be isolated and restored within hundred-millisecond window, compared with hours previously.

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China creates world’s first clone-hybrid rice that could double global output

Team developed 6 apomictic rice varieties tested over multiple generations in Hainan and Zhejiang provinces.

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China’s stealth design software PADJ-X finds potential flaws in US B-21 bomber

Chinese researchers use ‘all-in-one’ algorithmic system to test for vulnerabilities in classified aircraft, paper says.

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Northrop Grumman unveils its B-21 Raider stealth bomber in December 2022 at its California facility. Photo: AP
Northrop Grumman unveils its B-21 Raider stealth bomber in December 2022 at its California facility. Photo: AP
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China’s sensitive technology at risk after Trump abducts Venezuela leader Maduro

From oil infrastructure to telecommunications, Chinese investments in the country have been long-standing and extensive.

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Could there be a link between glucose levels in the brain and Alzheimer’s?

Mice with late-stage symptoms showed improvement in memory loss and reduced brain plaque after experimental treatment, Chinese study finds.

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China fossil unveils cross-equator migration corridor in supercontinent Pangaea

Remains of a new dicynodont species dating back over 250 million years link China and South Africa, suggesting passage of large animals.

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An artist’s rendering of the Dinanomodon guoi, a new species of dicynodont found in China’s Gansu province. Photo: Handout
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Nobel Prize jurist Thomas Mikael Oliveberg joins southern China medical school

Biophysicist leaves Stockholm University for full-time role at Guangxi Medical University’s First Affiliated Hospital.

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Biophysicist Thomas Mikael Oliveberg (left) is welcomed to Guangxi Medical University by its vice-president Li Lang, at a signing ceremony on December 16. Photo: Handout
Biophysicist Thomas Mikael Oliveberg (left) is welcomed to Guangxi Medical University by its vice-president Li Lang, at a signing ceremony on December 16. Photo: Handout
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China’s emission-free tech debunks Trump theory with 3-fold productivity boost

Revolutionary change to fossil fuel conversion process reduces carbon pollution to almost zero while tripling yield of high-value chemicals.

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AI scientist Ling Haibin, father of first plant ID app, leaves US for China

Pioneering scientist takes up new position at Westlake University to seek ‘fresh exploration’ with greater freedom and inclusivity.

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China’s biopharma sector ‘in prime position to challenge US leadership’

American commission issues stark warning, as analytics firm Clarivate reports that Chinese innovative drug development has entered new phase.

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SpaceX will move 4,400 satellites to a lower orbit after China cited safety risk

Starlink’s Michael Nicolls declares ‘significant reconfiguration’ to be coordinated with regulators, other operators and US Space Command.

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Starlink says taking its satellites to a lower orbit this year will allow a more than 80 per cent cut to ballistic decay time. Photo: TNS
Starlink says taking its satellites to a lower orbit this year will allow a more than 80 per cent cut to ballistic decay time. Photo: TNS
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Could 2,000-year-old machine from tomb in China be earliest binary computer?

Silk-weaving loom dating to Western Han is world’s oldest known ‘computer hardware’ with corresponding ‘software’, China science body says.

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China warns satellites from Elon Musk’s Starlink are ‘safety and security’ risk

Beijing tells UN meeting of near misses involving SpaceX satellites and warns they are being used by criminals and terrorists.

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China launches super-powered AI system to take on Trump’s Genesis Mission

The network, designed to run without human oversight, was launched a month after Trump outlined plans for an ‘AI Manhattan Project’.

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China’s system is designed to serve thousands of institutions nationwide. Photo: Shutterstock
China’s system is designed to serve thousands of institutions nationwide. Photo: Shutterstock
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Great Green Wall 2.0: China is geoengineering deserts with blue-green algae

Scientists aim to reclaim thousands of hectares of desert using cyanobacteria that can stabilise sand and create foundation for plant growth.

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How China cracked US ‘super code’, health benefits of lard: 7 science highlights

From China building world’s largest smart transformer to health benefits of lard, here are some highlights from SCMP’s recent science reporting.

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China builds a record-breaking hypergravity machine to compress space and time

CHIEF1900 will help to recreate catastrophic events such as dam failures and earthquakes inside a lab, university says.

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A view of the core of the CHIEF1300. The latest CHIEF1900 was built by Shanghai Electric Nuclear Power Group and shipped to Zhejiang University last week for installation. Photo: Xinhua
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As Trump taps coal to power AI, China moves on to clothe the world with it

A once-struggling Chinese coal city turns the traditional fossil fuel into nylon, manufacturing popular fashion from sportswear to lingerie.

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China is turning the fossil energy resource into nylon, spurring on its economy with the manufacture of sportswear and other popular fashion items. Photo: Xinhua
China is turning the fossil energy resource into nylon, spurring on its economy with the manufacture of sportswear and other popular fashion items. Photo: Xinhua
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China builds world-first crab-walking electric ICBM mobile launcher prototype

In less than two years, scientists have developed a technology that ‘fundamentally overturns’ conventional heavy-vehicle design.

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China to power up world’s largest ‘super-cold air battery’ in the Gobi Desert

Facility runs for 10 hours straight and will produce 180 million kilowatt-hours of electricity a year, powering 30,000 homes.

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Chinese 6G smart surface could allow stealth jets to use radar as a power source

The technology could help power future communications systems and shift the dynamics of electronic warfare, team says.

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The development could given China an edge in the development of 6G technology. Photo: Shutterstock
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