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Latest news on research and breakthroughs by Chinese scientists, as the country ramps up investment in science and innovation as part of its ambitions to become a world-leading power by 2035, and other developments worldwide.
LATEST China Science NEWS

Super El Nino: is 2026 an ‘extremely destructive’ prelude?

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The extreme weather driven by the El Nino has already triggered severe flooding and economic losses across China. Photo: EPA

Open Questions | Nobel economist on anti-China, anti-science US, AI’s risks

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Illustration: Lau Ka-kuen

China targets new space-based computing network to process data born in orbit

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The Xingshu or “Star Hub” network will eventually be made up of around 1,000 satellites. Photo: Getty Images

Can science bridge the US-China trust gap? Maybe with new rules, researchers say

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In recent years, the number of Chinese students studying in the US has steadily fallen. Photo: Xinhua

Wang Hong and Deng Yu become first Chinese nationals to win Fields Medal

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Chinese nationals Deng Yu (left) and Wang Hong (right) have won the Fields Medal, often called the “Nobel Prize of mathematics”. Photo: Handout
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The extreme weather driven by the El Nino has already triggered severe flooding and economic losses across China. Photo: EPA
Mainland China

Super El Nino: is 2026 an ‘extremely destructive’ prelude?

This year’s weather system may rival 1997-98 event but the bigger climate impacts could hit China in 2027, forecaster warns.

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US-China relations

Open Questions | Nobel economist on anti-China, anti-science US, AI’s risks

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Mainland China

Letters | China’s Mazu system is a win for climate adaptation and cultural heritage

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China targets new space-based computing network to process data born in orbit

SpaceX views orbital computing as a solution to Earth’s constraints, but China hopes to process data at the source to optimise efficiency.

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The Xingshu or “Star Hub” network will eventually be made up of around 1,000 satellites. Photo: Getty Images
US-China relations

Pentagon expands blacklist to include China’s top civilian universities

Fudan and Shanghai Jiao Tong join Defence Department research blacklist, extending US restrictions beyond military-linked institutions.

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Mainland China

Wang Hong and Deng Yu become first Chinese nationals to win Fields Medal

Two former Peking University classmates now stand together on the world’s highest stage for mathematicians.

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Chinese chip stores data with a single electron, breaking AI memory bottleneck

The technology enables AI chat models to run on phones using minimal power, without ‘losing memory’ during conversations.

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The 2D flash chip features a layer of graphene that prevents electrons from escaping. Photo: Handout
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China fires up powerful particle accelerator to unlock secrets of atoms

Facility in country’s south will help scientists answer some of the biggest questions in nuclear physics, according to its chief designer.

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China-EU relations

China, EU pushing ahead on joint research despite trade tensions

Joint 2025-2027 research agreement covers climate and agriculture, state media says, signalling will to collaborate in spite of differences.

Hong Kong

Hong Kong loses 2030 maths congress to Glasgow. Does Asia need a stronger voice?

Field’s Medal winner Shing‑Tung Yau says the region should set up its own body to coordinate action.

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Glasgow will host the 2030 International Congress of Mathematicians. Illustration: Shutterstock
United States

China’s high-orbit satellite uses rare metal the US struggles to obtain

Beijing dominates the global supply of gallium nitride – which has been revealed as a key component in its Ludi Tance-4 01 satellite.

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The satellite can monitor a third of the Earth’s surface. Photo: China Academy of Space Technology
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Chinese AI agent outperforms Anthropic’s Claude Code in autonomous research

Zhejiang University’s Qiushi Engine topped the ResearchClawBench leaderboard, but it can’t reliably make new discoveries yet.

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Mainland China

How Chinese police infiltrated and monitored the dark web with the help of AI

Researchers linked to law enforcement collected data and devised tools to help classify sensitive and illegal material.

Mainland China

Chinese team’s new microscope shows ‘therapeutic mechanism’ of acupuncture

System could enable study of complex biological processes in live animals over long periods with less tissue damage than previous methods.

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The team tested their system for diverse applications within live mice to demonstrate the system’s “versatility and robustness”. Photo: Shutterstock
Hong Kong

Bridging the divide: how AI scientists unite despite growing geopolitical rifts

As US-China differences deepen, a global cohort of innovators seeks to forge a collaborative, borderless future.

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For policymakers in Beijing and Washington, artificial intelligence has become a high-stakes arena for their strategic rivalry. Photo: Getty Images
Shanghai

China can turn plastic waste to jet fuel at a low cost: study

The world produces 460 million tonnes of plastic a year, creating a devastating environmental problem. China may have an answer.

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China’s AI weather warning system Mazu expanding across Global South

The system has been designed to provide ‘tailored’ services that help developing countries better prepare for extreme weather events.

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Mainland China

China plans to hit an asteroid with a Mach 26 projectile in planet defence test

Spacecraft to hit at 9km/s, equivalent to over 26 times the speed of sound near sea level and nearly 50 per cent faster than Nasa’s mission.

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China has revealed plans to hit an asteroid at 9km per second, equivalent to more than 26 times the speed of sound, before 2030. Photo: Shutterstock
Japan

China team cuts 3D optical chip production time from hours to seconds

New fabrication method speeds up production time for photonic chips via parallel processing technology.

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Mainland China

Chinese fossil find shows birds shed their dinosaur tails step by step

A Jurassic fossil dating back 150 million years fills in a vital part of the evolutionary puzzle of how birds took to the skies.

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Mainland China

Sun Fanglin, Chinese scientist who paved way for new cancer drugs, dies at 58

The Tongji University professor, who specialised in the study of how cells age and form tumours, led several national research programmes.

Sun Fanglin joined Tongji University in 2010. Photo: Handout
Shanghai

Chinese scientists have bad news on having babies in space

Researchers use China’s Tianzhou spacecraft missions since 2017 to study how microgravity and space radiation can affect biology.

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The study marks the world’s first successful differentiation of human embryonic stem cells into germ cells in a space environment, according to paper published in Science Advances. Photo: Shutterstock
Mainland China

China’s lab monkey prices hit Covid-era highs on new drug R&D demand

Long macaque breeding cycles and fully pre-booked colonies have forced some researchers to put critical studies on hold.

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Shanghai

Why the US-China space race could come down to a thin metal cap

Propellant tank dome that is only millimetres thick must withstand extreme internal pressures and is very difficult to mass-produce.

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Artificial intelligence

Opinion | As AI learns to hide, science must learn to trust differently

If institutions judge scholarship just through writing, they will be trapped in an endless contest against increasingly capable machines.

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A staff member works at a joint laboratory for AI-powered protein manufacturing under the National Facility for Protein Science in Shanghai on July 7. Photo: Xinhua
Mainland China

Award-winning chemist Zhang Wei leaves US to join China’s Great Bay University

On his return to China, Zhang says he looks forward to cultivating talent ‘who truly understand science, technology and industrial needs’.

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Zhang Wei’s research covers topics from two-dimensional materials and porous organic materials, to sustainable and recyclable polymers, molecular separation and carbon capture. Photo: Handout
Russia

China is now world’s No 1 science power, top Russian scientist says

After receiving Chinese award, chemist and materials researcher says it gives him confidence that he’s ‘on the right track’.

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SCMP Highlights

China’s satellite engine outpaces US, new SpaceX rival: 7 science highlights

From China unveiling microwave weapons to top neurobiologist leaving US, here are some highlights from SCMP’s recent science reporting.

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