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Can China’s AI-powered food monitoring avoid US military-style meal complaints?
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China’s desire for endless youth is wiping out donkeys – can scientists help?
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Why China is looking to coal waste as a source of critical metals
23 May 2026 - 7:07PM
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Chinese scientists grow heart’s ‘master conductor’ that could replace pacemaker
23 May 2026 - 10:00AM
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Hong Kong’s first astronaut Lai Ka-ying picked for space station mission
23 May 2026 - 6:55PM
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Mainland China
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.
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Britain
China’s desire for endless youth is wiping out donkeys – can scientists help?
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Mainland China
Why China is looking to coal waste as a source of critical metals
23 May 2026 - 7:07PM
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Medicine
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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Mainland China
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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Mainland China
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.
22 May 2026 - 6:00PM
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Hong Kong
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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Ukraine
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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Xinjiang
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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History
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
China-Russia relations
China-Russia joint statement on Xi-Putin summit
The two countries issued a statement following this week’s meeting in Beijing between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
21 May 2026 - 3:43PM
SCMP Highlights
Omega-3 could hurt the brain, China’s new war on deserts: 7 science highlights
From China’s new war on deserts to Singapore-based physicist’s big move, here are some highlights from SCMP’s recent science reporting.
21 May 2026 - 2:37PM
Xinjiang
How a remote patch of Gobi Desert became central to China’s national security
A national energy and chemical hub being built on a 15,500 sq m site in the Gobi Desert is set to modernise coal mining.
21 May 2026 - 10:48AM
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Britain
SMILE: China-EU satellite to study Earth’s solar defence defies trade tensions
Launch of satellite to study Earth’s magnetic shield hailed by lead scientists as result of ‘true 50/50 collaboration’.
20 May 2026 - 9:00PM
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Russia
How China and Russia could team up to shift global science ‘centre of gravity’
Scientists say they hope Xi-Putin summit will bring more support for collaboration as Moscow and Beijing sign deals on tech and innovation.
20 May 2026 - 6:12PM
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Mainland China
China ‘outpacing the US’ in biotech race to find cure for Parkinson’s disease
A leading Chinese neurologist says publicly available data shows a clear lead in the development of stem cell treatments.
20 May 2026 - 12:00PM
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Mainland China
China hails latest breakthrough on space solar power technology
Researchers build system that can send energy to multiple moving targets, taking another step towards dream of an orbiting power station.
19 May 2026 - 9:00PM
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United States
China confirms death of hypersonic weapon expert Fang Daining in South Africa
The Chinese Academy of Sciences has announced Fang’s death, confirming an SCMP report in March.
19 May 2026 - 7:01PM
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Artificial intelligence
Will Chinese beat English as the top language for commanding AI?
Study suggests sophisticated AI models can respond better to Chinese than English before learning how to fine-tune geometric modifications.
19 May 2026 - 1:00PM
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Rare earths
China’s northeast, poor in rare earths, scores big find
A new type of deposit in Heilongjiang and Jilin promises easier, cheaper mining than in southern clay-rich areas, say scientists.
18 May 2026 - 3:23PM
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Mainland China
China unveils world’s first germ resistant titanium-copper medical implant
Scientists around the world have been trying to master the techniques needed to produce the innovative material.
18 May 2026 - 11:00AM
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United States
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US must ensure equal legal protection for all scholars, including Chinese
The wave of accusations by federal authorities appears to fit a pattern of official harassment unbecoming of a science powerhouse.
18 May 2026 - 7:15AM
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Mainland China
Did Chinese scientists simulate what could be the ‘end of the universe’?
Tsinghua University team’s tackles one of most unsettling ideas in theoretical physics to possibly open a new pathway in quantum computing.
17 May 2026 - 8:00PM
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Mainland China
China’s motorsports industry continues to rev up with first race-grade fuel
The unveiling of the high-octane fuel at the Taklimakan Rally comes on the back of international success for the ZXMOTO motorbike marque.
17 May 2026 - 7:00PM
Mainland China
China turns coal power plant exhaust into cheap, effective fertiliser
Fertiliser made using captured carbon and sulphur can boost crop yields compared with conventional versions, Chinese firm says.
17 May 2026 - 2:00PM
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Mainland China
China launches new war on deserts with technology tested on far side of the moon
Projects meant to help Xinjiang region build ecological barrier to protect its arable land from erosion and desertification.
17 May 2026 - 12:00PM
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Mainland China
Is China becoming Europe’s top science partner amid an American brain drain?
‘Massive changes in the global flow of talent’ are creating opportunities, according to the head of Germany’s Max Planck Society.
17 May 2026 - 6:05AM
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Mainland China
Have Chinese defence firms broken the sniper rifle range record – again?
Ammunition and optics manufacturers say that their weapons were used to set a new benchmark but offer no details.
16 May 2026 - 12:00PM
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