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Chinese astronauts land safely in former top secret nuclear missile test site
Shenzhou-21 trio touch down at Dongfeng landing site, now a hub for crewed space missions and commercial aerospace launches.
29 May 2026 - 10:52PM
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Why China is weaponising a ‘towering’ hybrid crop to farm where wheat fails
29 May 2026 - 12:57PM
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China touts AI ‘brain’ to speed up satellite targeting
29 May 2026 - 11:00AM
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How Chinese green tech and investment are reshaping the Central Asian landscape
As the belt and road pivots towards clean energy, Kazakhstan and its neighbours are emerging as top partners for Beijing-backed projects.
29 May 2026 - 1:55PM
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Huawei, scientists build 2D parallel computing chip that rewrites Moore’s Law
Marking a global first for 2D semiconductors, the new microprocessor overcomes silicon size limits to boost density and slash data delays.
28 May 2026 - 9:00PM
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Chinese team finds ‘garden-like’ ecosystem blooming in deepest ocean trenches
Rich community of organisms discovered living on rocks at depths of more than 9km, feeding on organic debris from the surface.
28 May 2026 - 10:00AM
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Chinese team uses supercomputer to cut drug screening time from years to seconds
AI platform that can screen vast library of chemical compounds opens up new frontiers in fight against cancer and infectious diseases.
27 May 2026 - 10:43PM
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Innovative drug research and development typically takes more than 10 years to yield results. Photo: Shutterstock
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AI is massively increasing China’s new weapon development speed: scientists
Humble rolling bearing now a focal point for country’s defence industry as it experiments with artificial intelligence to gain edge over US.
27 May 2026 - 6:00PM
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Concerns mount in China’s space sector that Musk’s Starship will be a failure
Is the world’s most powerful rocket hitting a wall similar to the engineering limitations experienced decades ago by the Soviet N1?
26 May 2026 - 9:00PM
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How Lionel Messi’s favourite drink is sparking a major health craze in China
Ancient South American fusion may reduce risks of Parkinson’s and is enjoyed by top footballers, but the indigenous drink should be shared.
26 May 2026 - 5:26PM
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‘New form of war’: an insider view of China’s AI strategy in electronic warfare
Fusing AI with radio waves can create faster, smarter and more resilient radars and communication methods designed to confuse enemy jammers.
26 May 2026 - 6:00AM
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AI can predict optimal frequencies for long-range transmissions hours in advance, giving Chinese forces a reliable communication edge during solar storms or electronic attacks, study says. Photo: Getty Images
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Chip prodigy Da Bo returns to China after his role in TSMC’s 3nm plant in Japan
The acclaimed researcher’s goal is to bring Chinese semiconductor equipment, materials and components up to global standards.
25 May 2026 - 8:01PM
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Chinese scientists develop handheld cancer detection device
The new system is about 10,000 times more sensitive than traditional methods at detecting early-stage lung cancer.
25 May 2026 - 9:00AM
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China merges space programmes as race to the moon with US heats up
The country releases further details about how it is ‘combining experiences and expertise’ from its crewed and uncrewed lunar missions.
25 May 2026 - 1:13AM
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Hong Kong’s first astronaut lifts off into space on Shenzhou-23 mission
The payload specialist is a part of a three-person crew, one of whom will be spending a year in space.
25 May 2026 - 1:05AM
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The Shenzhou-23 mission blasts off for China’s Tiangong space station from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in Gansu province on Sunday night. Photo: Reuters
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Can China’s AI-powered food monitoring avoid US military-style meal complaints?
An integrated digital platform that tracks every step of the process is solving an age-old problem for Chinese forces.
24 May 2026 - 8:00PM
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China’s desire for endless youth is wiping out donkeys – can scientists help?
Brazilian researchers are developing a lab-grown alternative to ejiao, a traditional medicine made from donkey skin.
24 May 2026 - 6:00PM
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Why China is looking to coal waste as a source of critical metals
China is leaning into its industrial strengths to extract germanium, aluminium, lithium and gallium from fossil fuel.
23 May 2026 - 7:07PM
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Amid a global energy shortage, coal piles sit near a chemical plant in Datong, as China turns coal into critical metals. Photo: AP
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Chinese scientists grow heart’s ‘master conductor’ that could replace pacemaker
Shanghai researchers engineer biological pacemaker that could offer a new way to control abnormal heart rhythms.
23 May 2026 - 10:00AM
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Hong Kong’s first astronaut Lai Ka-ying picked for space station mission
The former police officer will become China’s fourth woman in space, taking part in the Shenzhou-23 mission as a payload specialist.
23 May 2026 - 6:55PM
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Will science scandals ruin reputation of century-old journal Nature in China?
Chinese academic watchdogs and online detectives are exposing growing numbers of problematic papers in Nature journals.
25 May 2026 - 1:06PM
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Chinese-Dutch team turns corn to sustainable plastic, inspired by spider silk
Up to 80 per cent of polymers derived from corn protein zein degrade within a month in simulated natural soil conditions, researchers find.
22 May 2026 - 4:00PM
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Team made up of scientists from China and the Netherlands says their corn protein-based biopolymer could offer a sustainable alternative to fossil fuel-based plastics. Photo: Shutterstock
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China’s Tsinghua University honours German Gref, Russian banker sanctioned by US
Sberbank CEO accompanied Vladimir Putin during Russian leader’s recent trip to Beijing for summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
22 May 2026 - 12:00PM
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China swaps Middle East oil for Xinjiang coal. What does it mean for the world?
With the war in Iran choking global oil supplies, China is tapping its 390 billion tonnes of coal reserves to build its own energy source.
22 May 2026 - 6:57AM
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Can China team’s Greek dig unveil an untold truth in ancient world history?
A joint archaeological project between Greece’s culture ministry and a Chinese team of researchers is breaking new ground.
21 May 2026 - 5:00PM
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