https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/rss/522342/feed Sun Yat-sen University (SYSU) is a prominent public research university in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China, with campuses also in Zhuhai and Shenzhen. Founded in 1924 by Dr. Sun Yat-sen, its mission is to advance knowledge and cultivate talent across diverse fields. SYSU is a comprehensive institution, excelling in humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, medical sciences, and engineering. Recognised as one of China’s top-tier universities, it is part of the prestigious Project 211,... en https://assets-v2.i-scmp.com/production/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg Teresa Elena Frontado Teresa Elena Frontado Eddie Flores pressed the button at a pedestrian crossing on King Street, then pointed across the road. In the spring of 1910, Chinese revolutionary Sun Yat-sen lodged over there, on the second floor of a shop owned by a friend and fellow party member. “It’s no longer there,” said Flores, chairman of the restaurant chain L&L Hawaiian Barbecue. “But we can more or less point out where the building is.” Much of Sun’s Honolulu has to be found this way. The church where he worshipped as a boy was... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/us/article/3370412/hawaiian-son-honolulu-honours-sun-yat-sen-his-landmarks-vanish https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/us/article/3370412/hawaiian-son-honolulu-honours-sun-yat-sen-his-landmarks-vanish Sun, 11 Oct 2026 13:34:38 +0000 Fan Chen,Laura Zhou Fan Chen,Laura Zhou On paper, Western countries are rushing to sign defence pacts in the South Pacific, ensuring their influence in a region long neglected as a geopolitical backwater. But on the water, the island nations are playing a very different game. Instead of taking sides, local leaders are leveraging the geopolitical tug of war between China and the West, winning security guarantees from the latter while Beijing builds infrastructure and deepens its economic footprint. In June, Vanuatu – an archipelago... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/diplomacy/article/3364908/how-pacific-nations-walk-tightrope-between-western-security-and-chinese-trade https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/diplomacy/article/3364908/how-pacific-nations-walk-tightrope-between-western-security-and-chinese-trade Sat, 22 Aug 2026 22:00:10 +0000 Ling Xin Ling Xin A popular K-pop star has found an unlikely place in the scientific record after researchers in China named a newly discovered fish species after her. Jennie Ruby Jane, from Blackpink, was “a constant source of inspiration” for the master’s student who discovered the tiny black-and-yellow fish – shorter than an average human fingernail – near southern China’s Pearl River estuary. The fish, named Brachygobius jennie, is the first bumblebee goby found in China and could provide a model for studying... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/science/article/3358076/chinese-scientists-love-blackpinks-jennie-so-much-they-named-fish-after-her https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/science/article/3358076/chinese-scientists-love-blackpinks-jennie-so-much-they-named-fish-after-her Wed, 24 Jun 2026 04:00:06 +0000 Shi Huang Shi Huang Three more senior Chinese scientists have been disciplined by their universities after a high-profile blogger raised red flags about their research. Nankai University in Tianjin announced on Saturday that Chen Quan had been removed as dean of its College of Life Sciences. The university said that Chen, as a corresponding author, failed to properly oversee the quality and authenticity of experimental data in a paper published in Nature Cancer in 2024. Meanwhile, Sun Yat-sen University in... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/science/article/3355468/chinese-scientists-leave-posts-after-whistle-blower-raises-alarm-over-their-research https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/science/article/3355468/chinese-scientists-leave-posts-after-whistle-blower-raises-alarm-over-their-research Sun, 31 May 2026 11:28:59 +0000 Alice Yan Alice Yan It is not an exaggeration to say that chilli peppers and spicy food are available on pretty much every street in China. The pungent, heat-infused foodstuff is so ubiquitous people joke that if a person does not indulge, they will starve, or at best lose friends, because eating spicy things fosters social bonding. However, the popular ingredient has only been around in China for a relatively short time. It first entered the country 400 years ago and people have been eating it for about three... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/people-culture/article/3350999/history-chilli-peppers-china-first-used-ornamental-plants-later-poor-mans-spice https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/people-culture/article/3350999/history-chilli-peppers-china-first-used-ornamental-plants-later-poor-mans-spice Mon, 27 Apr 2026 10:00:10 +0000 Shi Huang Shi Huang Janusz Pawliszyn, the 71-year-old recipient of the Chemical Institute of Canada’s highest honour and a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, has joined Guangzhou’s Sun Yat-sen University, the institution announced on April 9. Pawliszyn has supervised more than 110 master’s and doctoral students as well as nearly 200 postdoctoral students and visiting scholars, many of them from China. Ouyang Gangfeng was one of them. From 2004 to 2005, he was a postdoctoral fellow at Pawliszyn’s laboratory. He... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/science/article/3350619/canada-research-chair-chemist-janusz-pawliszyn-joins-chinese-university https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/science/article/3350619/canada-research-chair-chemist-janusz-pawliszyn-joins-chinese-university Sun, 19 Apr 2026 14:00:10 +0000 Minxiao Chang Minxiao Chang As China’s artificial intelligence sector accelerates, competition for top talent has intensified among major tech companies, with firms increasingly poaching from rivals while also attracting researchers from overseas hubs such as Silicon Valley. A reported high-profile personnel move involving DeepSeek researcher Guo Daya recently drew attention to the sensitivity surrounding AI hiring in China’s tech sector. Guo, a lead researcher on DeepSeek’s R1 model, joined ByteDance’s Seed AI development... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/big-tech/article/3350521/bytedance-tencent-step-ai-talent-battle-amid-reported-departure-deepseek-researcher https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/big-tech/article/3350521/bytedance-tencent-step-ai-talent-battle-amid-reported-departure-deepseek-researcher Sat, 18 Apr 2026 01:00:32 +0000 Vincent Chow Vincent Chow Chinese artificial intelligence firm DeepSeek has updated the technical paper of its landmark R1 model, showcasing the contributions of the 18 core scientists who powered its AI ambitions and capabilities, as anticipation heightened about a potential new major model release. The paper suggested that DeepSeek retained all 18 scientists behind its AI model development efforts, as well as many of the R1 project’s 176 contributors, despite fierce competition for talent in China’s AI industry. The... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/tech-trends/article/3339215/core-chinese-research-team-behind-cutting-edge-ai-model-r1-remains-intact-deepseek https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/tech/tech-trends/article/3339215/core-chinese-research-team-behind-cutting-edge-ai-model-r1-remains-intact-deepseek Thu, 08 Jan 2026 13:00:12 +0000 Elizabeth Cheung Elizabeth Cheung The late “Benz Hung” Hui Shiu-hung might be best known in Hong Kong for his supporting roles in TV dramas and films over the past five decades, but his family came to play pivotal roles in China’s modern development. With celebrities and the public mourning Hui, who died on Tuesday at the age of 76 due to multiple organ failure caused by cancer, some also recalled his family’s colourful history. In an interview published last year, Hui revealed his ancestor was Xu Baiting, the most significant... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/hong-kong/society/article/3330769/late-hong-kong-actor-benz-hung-hui-shiu-hungs-family-tied-chinas-rise https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/hong-kong/society/article/3330769/late-hong-kong-actor-benz-hung-hui-shiu-hungs-family-tied-chinas-rise Wed, 29 Oct 2025 09:18:34 +0000 Zhang Tong Zhang Tong China has developed a flexible, durable aircraft coating that absorbs radar waves, potentially closing a critical technological gap and redefining the future of aerial stealth. A study published on October 14 in Advanced Materials details a scalable, flexible and ultra-thin (0.1 mm) metasurface capable of withstanding temperatures up to 1,000 degrees Celsius (1,832 degrees Fahrenheit). The material features tunable impedance, making it suitable for aerospace electromagnetic wave absorption. It... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/science/article/3330025/chinese-team-unveils-smart-super-tough-coating-stealth-aircraft https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/science/article/3330025/chinese-team-unveils-smart-super-tough-coating-stealth-aircraft Fri, 24 Oct 2025 06:00:59 +0000 Fan Chen Fan Chen Third parties should not interfere with – and were not a factor in – the relationship between China and South Korea, Beijing said on Wednesday following suggestions that Seoul would not act counter to Washington’s policy. “The China-South Korea relationship is based on mutual interests, is not targeted at a third party, and should not be interfered with,” Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun said. “China’s policy is consistent and stable, and we hope that South Korea will work with... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/diplomacy/article/3323395/china-warns-against-external-interference-ties-south-korea https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/diplomacy/article/3323395/china-warns-against-external-interference-ties-south-korea Thu, 28 Aug 2025 06:00:11 +0000 Victoria Bela Victoria Bela Planting trees in some parts of the world could cause droughts, according to a Chinese-led study that suggested greening efforts should take regional conditions into account to be effective. Through a complex multi-decade study of vegetation and soil moisture patterns combining several databases and models, the researchers found that nearly half of the world had experienced a pattern of “greening-drying.” This included parts of the United States, Central Asia, Central Africa, inland Europe,... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/science/article/3322619/planting-trees-could-lead-more-droughts-parts-us-and-asia-chinese-led-study https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/china/science/article/3322619/planting-trees-could-lead-more-droughts-parts-us-and-asia-chinese-led-study Thu, 21 Aug 2025 08:00:09 +0000 Emily Hung Emily Hung Hong Kong authorities will explore the use of a mosquito-eat-mosquito strategy deployed by a mainland Chinese city at the epicentre of a recent outbreak of chikungunya fever to control the disease’s spread, with one more imported case recorded on Tuesday. Secretary for Environment and Ecology Tse Chin-wan told lawmakers at a special meeting on Tuesday that the government planned to test Foshan’s biological control strategies to curb the spread of the chikungunya virus in Hong Kong, which had... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3321620/hong-kong-look-mosquito-eat-mosquito-strategy-tackle-chikungunya-fever https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3321620/hong-kong-look-mosquito-eat-mosquito-strategy-tackle-chikungunya-fever Tue, 12 Aug 2025 12:52:21 +0000 Fran Lu Fran Lu Three people in China had to be hospitalised after they ate sheep placenta for “nutritious” purposes, sparking an online discussion about the custom. A woman, surnamed Zhang, in southern China’s Guangdong province was reported to have developed frequent fevers and lost 5kg in weight over a short period after she cooked the “dish”. She went to hospital and was diagnosed with brucellosis, a type of bacterial infection spread from animals to humans. Zhang’s sister and brother-in-law were diagnosed... https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/people-culture/article/3319990/china-trio-diagnosed-bacterial-infection-after-eating-nutritious-cooked-sheep-placenta https://www-scmp-com.libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/news/people-culture/article/3319990/china-trio-diagnosed-bacterial-infection-after-eating-nutritious-cooked-sheep-placenta Mon, 04 Aug 2025 06:00:08 +0000