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Chinese farmer’s forest of cameras fails to bear fruit in compensation bid
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China leads in GPS-style, reconnaissance and anti-satellite abilities, US report says
28 Jun 2026 - 8:00PM
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China fires up world’s biggest superconducting magnet for nuclear fusion project
28 Jun 2026 - 6:00PM
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‘Unhealthy environment’: Arctic researcher Li Xueke leaves the US for Hong Kong
27 Jun 2026 - 8:00PM
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Raptor discovery in Argentina points to prehistoric links with China
27 Jun 2026 - 6:22PM
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United States
China leads in GPS-style, reconnaissance and anti-satellite abilities, US report says
China is closing the space innovation gap with the United States and could take the lead if Washington doesn’t act, think tank warns.
28 Jun 2026 - 8:00PM
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Mainland China
China fires up world’s biggest superconducting magnet for nuclear fusion project
28 Jun 2026 - 6:00PM
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United States
‘Unhealthy environment’: Arctic researcher Li Xueke leaves the US for Hong Kong
27 Jun 2026 - 8:00PM
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Argentina
Raptor discovery in Argentina points to prehistoric links with China
Unearthed on opposite sides of the world, fossils of Kank australis and velociraptors sport matching claws, revealing evolutionary ties.
27 Jun 2026 - 6:22PM
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East China Sea
Why is no one chartering China’s first privately owned research vessel?
A month after launch, the fishermen who sank 150 million yuan into the project have yet to secure their first client.
26 Jun 2026 - 10:00PM
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Mainland China
China tests satellite-linked tracking devices on China-Europe railway express
Home-grown navigation system will allow for real-time tracking of containers, improving security and safety on vital transport route.
26 Jun 2026 - 4:00PM
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Switzerland
In China’s 6G smart city, every wall and pipe can be a sensor
Chinese innovation boosts wireless data rates, reduces dead zones and can track people and objects, even underground.
26 Jun 2026 - 9:00AM
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United Nations
China ‘on track to surpass United States’ in goals for human, planet health: UN
Report showing global progress on 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals shows gap between Chinese and US closed significantly since 2015.
25 Jun 2026 - 8:00PM
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Artificial intelligence
The end of junior lawyers? How a new AI tool is transforming China’s law firms
‘The industry has become unwelcoming to inexperienced newcomers, prompting many to switch careers’: Beijing-based legal officer.
25 Jun 2026 - 1:23PM
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Brazil
Scientists seek clues to longevity from 3 Brazilian sisters over 100
The oldest living trio of siblings in the world could provide clues into the role played by genetic versus lifestyle factors.
25 Jun 2026 - 5:20AM
Xinjiang
Drowning desert: how Xinjiang’s infrastructure could fail under record rain
Unprecedented downpours prompt warning that links and systems adapted to an arid past may struggle to cope with a wetter future.
24 Jun 2026 - 4:59PM
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Mainland China
Chinese scientists love Blackpink’s Jennie so much they named a fish after her
At less than 9mm, Jennie’s bumblebee goby is the smallest of its genus and the first to be found in China.
24 Jun 2026 - 12:00PM
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United States
China’s LineShine beats US El Capitan in Top500 supercomputer rankings
Built in Shenzhen, it regained the world’s fastest supercomputer crown for China since Sunway TaihuLight’s achievement in 2017.
24 Jun 2026 - 12:46AM
South China Sea
China builds record-breaking 100-metre observation tower in South China Sea
Built to withstand super typhoons, the structure will help collect detailed information about atmospheric conditions and extreme weather.
23 Jun 2026 - 9:00PM
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United States
China’s new ‘super fuel’ could help Long March rockets increase payload by 10%
With conventional engines reaching their limits, researchers have been trying to find ways to boost fuel efficiency.
23 Jun 2026 - 7:00PM
Mainland China
Chinese scientists create battery that works comfortably way above boiling point
The tiny ceramic-based lithium-ion battery can withstand heat and still operate at up to 150 degrees Celsius, making it a safer power source.
23 Jun 2026 - 2:52PM
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Central Asia
Study shows 4,000-year battle of Eastern and Western genes in China’s heartland
Wars and trade saw human genes from East and West fuse as over a million Han dynasty immigrants moved to Ningxia, genomics research reveals.
23 Jun 2026 - 12:00PM
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Pakistan
In China, some researchers are attending academic conferences that do not exist
Complaints growing about a ‘grey industry’ catering to the need for published papers and attendance at specialist events.
22 Jun 2026 - 3:44PM
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Mainland China
Cancer-on-a-chip pioneer Chen Weiqiang returns to China from New York University
Award-winning biomedical engineering professor leaves United States to join Nanjing University’s school of biomedical engineering.
21 Jun 2026 - 9:22PM
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Artificial intelligence
China-led team develops AI system to track radar-disrupting space hurricanes
Recently discovered space weather event ‘appears as a massive, spinning aurora near Earth’s magnetic poles’, say researchers.
21 Jun 2026 - 4:22PM
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Shanghai
China puts world’s first smart squid fishing robot to the test
The machine, which is in sea trials aboard the Song Hang research ship, is designed to mimic human movements and improve efficiency.
25 Jun 2026 - 2:03PM
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United States
Horses originated in America and reached Europe via China, fossil DNA reveals
Believed to be restricted to northeastern China, genomic analysis shows the Dalian horse’s range extended to southern Siberia and Yakutia.
20 Jun 2026 - 11:22AM
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Chinese culture
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What the I Ching is really about
While it may depart from scientific axioms, readers can glean much about their circumstances by consulting the Book of Changes.
20 Jun 2026 - 9:30AM
Mainland China
Could China make a sea-skimming hypersonic missile a real nightmare for the US?
The country’s top science institute is launching a research programme into the technology that might one day underpin such a weapon.
19 Jun 2026 - 10:00PM
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United States
The Chinese scientists hoping to use a space solar plant to power the world
The team at Xidian University can zap power 100 metres through the air. But their dream is to send their hardware into orbit.
19 Jun 2026 - 9:00AM
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Tokyo
Chinese scientists create record-smashing brain implant electrode array
Breakthrough recorded neural activity with high clarity and remained safely functional for 18 months without a drop in performance.
19 Jun 2026 - 6:00AM
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Archaeology and palaeontology
Our ancient enemy: scientists discover oldest-known plague outbreak
Ancient DNA from Siberian burials reveals prehistoric outbreaks struck hunter-gatherers long before the Black Death.
18 Jun 2026 - 12:00PM
Mainland China
China mulls controlling world’s largest high-speed rail network from space
Study shows low-orbit satellites might avoid another Wenzhou disaster but reveals how hackers could deliberately crash speeding trains.
18 Jun 2026 - 10:23AM
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