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China’s man-made forest in Gobi produces good rubber for military use
30 Jan 2026 - 7:00PM
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China, Israel continue to collaborate in science and tech despite unrest in Gaza
30 Jan 2026 - 5:00PM
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In robot-aided surgery, it doesn’t matter where you are: Chinese study
30 Jan 2026 - 12:42PM
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Chipmaking expert Xu Zhenpeng leaves OpenAI-funded start-up for Shanghai role
30 Jan 2026 - 10:15AM
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AstraZeneca unveils US$15 billion China investment as Starmer visits Beijing
30 Jan 2026 - 12:40PM
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Xinjiang
China’s man-made forest in Gobi produces good rubber for military use
Experimental cultivation of Chinese medicinal plant pays off as crops thrive in unfamiliar location, boosting national rubber supply.
30 Jan 2026 - 7:00PM
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Palestinian Territories
China, Israel continue to collaborate in science and tech despite unrest in Gaza
30 Jan 2026 - 5:00PM
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Hangzhou
In robot-aided surgery, it doesn’t matter where you are: Chinese study
30 Jan 2026 - 12:42PM
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United States
Chipmaking expert Xu Zhenpeng leaves OpenAI-funded start-up for Shanghai role
The rising talent in micron-precision 3D printing revealed the move from California to an academic position in China on social media.
30 Jan 2026 - 10:15AM
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Mainland China
How China’s 5,100-year-old dams challenge Western narratives on despotism
Researchers use digital technologies to uncover archaeological evidence that ancient communities managed water cooperatively.
29 Jan 2026 - 3:00PM
United States
Chinese AI goes next level in geometry at a top US maths Olympiad
Researchers say the system not only outperforms American competitors in solving problems, it can tackle an even tougher challenge.
29 Jan 2026 - 9:08AM
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SCMP Highlights
China’s chip breakthrough, Tang Dynasty armour restored: 7 science highlights
From PLA developing quantum weapons to China’s dark matter breakthrough, here are some highlights from SCMP’s recent science reporting.
28 Jan 2026 - 3:37PM
Mainland China
Chinese drug could help India’s Nipah virus surge: Wuhan Institute of Virology
Researchers from Wuhan Institute of Virology say Covid-19 treatment could be a ‘readily available’ option for dealing with outbreaks.
30 Jan 2026 - 5:31PM
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US-China relations
US-China cooperation backed by most Americans, new national survey reveals
C100 study finds bipartisan public support for dialogue despite Washington’s tougher stance on visas, research collaboration and tariffs.
28 Jan 2026 - 5:14AM
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Mainland China
Composite tool find puts China in tech revolution up to 160,000 years ago: paper
Team says discovery of 2,600 stone tools, including hafted tools, reshapes understanding of human evolution in eastern Asia.
28 Jan 2026 - 4:02AM
United States
Chinese satellite forces 4,400 of its Starlink rivals into lower altitude: study
Researchers in China said the SpaceX decision was ‘directly triggered’ by a close call between two satellites in December.
28 Jan 2026 - 12:09AM
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US-China tech war
My Take
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Steadfast state support is key to China winning tech race with US
America is shooting itself in the foot by defunding basic research and manpower under the Trump White House.
27 Jan 2026 - 10:30AM
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India
Nipah virus outbreak in India sparks worry in China before Lunar New Year
Virus whose fatality rate can reach up to 75 per cent is said to be manageable and less likely to cause an outbreak in China.
29 Jan 2026 - 8:23AM
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United States
Can this new tech help China’s stealth bomber break the sound barrier?
Smart system allows flying-wing aircraft to fly 62.5 per cent faster, marking a world record for speed.
26 Jan 2026 - 9:21PM
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Mainland China
Flying blind at Mach 1: how China brings world’s first supersonic rail to life
Peer-reviewed paper sheds light on Chinese research team’s sonic breakthrough, achieved by ‘listening’ to system’s power supply.
26 Jan 2026 - 12:00PM
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United States
China-US team’s feat could ‘open entirely new avenues’ in semiconductors
Paper outlines novel ‘self-etching’ technique enabling world’s first fabrication of intricate structures in 2D perovskite materials.
25 Jan 2026 - 8:00PM
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Mainland China
Chinese army rifle-wielding drone gets 100% hit rate in 100-metre-range test
Drone using a standard infantry assault rifle shows unprecedented accuracy in live-fire tests with human-sized target.
25 Jan 2026 - 6:26PM
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Science fiction
Letters
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Moving to Mars? First, bring the human ego under control
Readers discuss why humanity needs to manage the forces within rather than change planets, and the problem with delegating work to machines.
25 Jan 2026 - 11:30AM
Pakistan
This Chinese scientist boosts the PL-15 missiles that downed India’s Rafales
Fan Huitao and his team, working on a ‘711’ schedule, are credited with driving China’s air-to-air missile development to fourth generation.
24 Jan 2026 - 3:33PM
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Mainland China
Chinese scientists shrink semiconductor chip into fibre as thin as human hair
Advance allows fibres to compute like chips or display information like transistors, paving the way for machine-wearable smart textiles.
24 Jan 2026 - 6:45AM
Mainland China
Chinese scientists turn carbon dioxide to starch with 10-fold productivity boost
Feat seen to pave the way for industrial starch production without relying on water- and land-intensive corn.
23 Jan 2026 - 9:00PM
United States
Wilczek’s Multiverse
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Revisiting the peaks of Nobel laureate Chen-ning Yang’s remarkable career
The inspirational Chinese physicist, who lived to the age of 103, was renowned for two historic achievements.
23 Jan 2026 - 5:00PM
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Yahoo
China’s new analogue chip could cut over 99% of AI data centre energy needs
Chinese scientists go back to the future for inspiration that could reshape the power-hungry artificial intelligence model.
23 Jan 2026 - 5:31PM
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Shanghai
A mother’s mind appears restored: might ultrasound be a cure for Alzheimer’s?
After treatment for a separate condition, a Chinese neurologist noticed improvements in cognition.
23 Jan 2026 - 9:00AM
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Mainland China
Asthma has no cure. For some, the risk is in this gene, Chinese team finds
Researchers create Chinese Immune Multi-Omics Atlas, profiling more than 10 million immune cells and identifying 73 types of immune cells.
22 Jan 2026 - 2:19PM
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Mainland China
Ex-Chinese factory worker Gao Huijun to head top international electronics body
The new head of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society started his academic career by studying at night when worked as a machinist.
22 Jan 2026 - 12:00PM
Mainland China
China found something strange on far side of moon no one had seen in nature
The Chang’e-6 lunar probe found tiny tubes formed by a single layer of atoms – something that has previously been seen only in a lab.
22 Jan 2026 - 9:00AM
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Indonesia
World’s oldest cave art discovered in Indonesia
A handprint dating back at least 67,800 years is over a thousand years older than hand stencils in Spain that are attributed to Neanderthals.
22 Jan 2026 - 7:51AM
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