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The new technical paper will be widely read by industry insiders both in China and the US for signs of progress at DeepSeek. Photo: Shutterstock Images
Artificial intelligence

DeepSeek founder’s latest paper proposes new model training to bypass GPU limits

The development underscores the start-up’s focus on maximising cost efficiency amid a deficit in computational power relative to the US.

DeepSeek

Core team of Chinese researchers behind AI model R1 remains intact: DeepSeek

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China’s Communist Party

China’s ideology chief calls on propaganda officials to focus on the economy

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Science

China’s emission-free tech debunks Trump theory with 3-fold productivity boost

Revolutionary change to fossil fuel conversion process reduces carbon pollution to almost zero while tripling yield of high-value chemicals.

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Critics have long dismissed green regulations as a drag on industry, claiming they raise costs and cut production. New study shows slashing carbon emissions can dramatically boost productivity. Photo: Getty Images
Science

AI scientist Ling Haibin, father of first plant ID app, leaves US for China

Pioneering scientist takes up new position at Westlake University to seek ‘fresh exploration’ with greater freedom and inclusivity.

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China inflation

China must take action to avoid Japan-style deflation spiral, scholars warn

Unless Beijing introduces more forceful policies, consumers could get locked into a mindset that is ‘nearly impossible to break’, scholars say.

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Artificial intelligence

AI-for-Science start-up DP Technology raises US$114 million in Series C round

The Beijing-based AI-for-Science firm said the Series C round would fund hiring and R&D, as interest grows in using AI to speed up scientific discovery.

AI for Science (AI4S) startup DP Technology announced on Wednesday that it had completed Series C financing round, raising over 800 million yuan. Photo: Handout
SCMP Highlights

7 scientists, mathematicians, physicists and experts who moved to China in 2025

From a world-leading statistician to a mathematics luminary, here are some experts who made the move.

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Hong Kong politics

Peking University keen to start research lab in Hong Kong’s Northern Metropolis

City leader John Lee meets university’s party secretary on final day of duty visit to Beijing and shares plans to accelerate project’s development.

US-China relations

Beyond bipolar: why China-US rivalry defies the Cold War model

Chinese scholar Wang Jisi warns that current world order with ‘two superpowers and many strong powers’ faces growing risk of conflict.

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“I do think the United States has an attitude towards China, but it also has strategies towards China,” says Peking University scholar Wang Jisi, seen here at a talk in Beijing in January. Photo: Handout
China GDP

China can sustain 5 to 6% GDP growth through 2035: economist

Tech, talent and the Chinese system give Beijing unique advantages over other late-developing economies, top economist says.

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Economist Justin Lin Yifu has written China will be able to maintain a 5 to 6 per cent gross domestic product growth rate through 2035. Photo: AFP
Shenzhen

China’s land-starved Shenzhen moving massive landfill to make more space

At the centre of the city, where open land is scarce, trucks are removing 6,000 cubic metres of waste a day to free up 30 valuable hectares.

Science

First ‘home cat’ reached China 1,400 years ago via Tang dynasty Silk Road

Researchers say domestic felines were originally regarded as ‘exotic’ pets and kept among the Chinese elite.

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Science

Man behind 99% chips: semiconductor legend Chih-Tang Sah’s ashes leave US for China

Celebrated Chinese electronics engineer who ‘kept his homeland in his heart’ while living overseas buried in Fujian with his late wife.

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Microelectronics legend Chih-Tang Sah, whose legacy can be found in technologies including digital logic circuits, memory chips, smartphones, computers, aerospace equipment and AI chips. Sah died in July, aged 92. Photo: Handout
China society

Opinion | Elite success stories are cold comfort for disillusioned young workers

The backlash over a tycoon’s letter to overburdened staff during his trip to Antarctica reveals a fissure beyond a generational divide.

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University graduates stroll through a job fair held at the Minhang campus of Shanghai Jiao Tong University on September 26. Photo: Xinhua
Science

Short bursts of oxygen deprivation could help treat depression: Chinese study

Researchers find that the radical new approach has a similar effect on the brain to the use of ketamine or electroconvulsive therapy.

Banking & finance

Baby boom or bust: Trip.com co-founder launches HK$500 million birth-rate fund

Trip.com co-founder James Liang says Hong Kong is uniquely placed to help solve China’s looming population crunch.

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Science

Mathematician Qian Hong, son of top scientific clan, leaves US for China

Return of pioneering scientists’ latest generation prompts more attention than usual among a growing trend.

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Qian Hong, previously the Olga Jung Wan endowment professor in applied mathematics at the University of Washington in Seattle, has returned to China after 40 years in the US. Photo: Handout
US-China relations

Stop ‘stigmatising’ Chinese students and researchers, ambassador to US says

‘People with vision’ should speak up against unfair attacks and ‘smears’, top envoy Xie Feng says.

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US-China relations

What Zohran Mamdani’s New York win could mean for future of China-US ties

Analysts say rise of Democratic Party’s left wing could ease pressure on China, but some warn New York mayoral race offers limited insights.

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Science

QS university rankings ridiculed in China as latest listing bombs online

Social media commenters point out anomalies, calling the results ‘nonsense’ and ‘unintentionally funny’.

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Tsinghua University in Beijing is widely regarded as one of China’s leading universities. Photo: Shutterstock
US-China relations

‘Not enthusiastic’: why China finds Trump’s ‘G2’ talk too costly in geopolitics

While the term treats China and the US as equals, Beijing is probably ‘not enthusiastic’ about its ‘hegemonic’ undertones, analysts say.

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China's economic recovery

Tax reform in China’s 5-year plan aims to protect budgets without crushing firms

Officials propose boosting direct and local levies, curbing tax breaks and tapping new sectors to shore up local revenues and fund social spending.

Science

Top astrophysicist moves to Hong Kong to head new HKU institute

Zhang Bing – considered a leading expert on the mechanisms behind gamma-ray bursts – has relocated after nearly three decades in the US.

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SCMP Highlights

China ‘breeding’ uranium; PLA’s ‘morphing’ missile: 7 science highlights

From chipmaking breakthrough to a STEM crisis in China’s universities, here are some highlights from SCMP’s recent science reporting.

An example of the hypersonic morphing missile prototype. Photo: NUDT
Education in Hong Kong

HKU regains Asia’s No 1 spot, 5 Hong Kong universities in top 10 for first time

University of Hong Kong president Xiang Zhang says recognition is both honour and responsibility.

The University of Hong Kong (HKU) has regained its position as Asia’s best in a global ranking after 15 years. Photo: Elson Li
SCMP Highlights

US-China defence talks, C919 jet’s global win in Brunei: SCMP daily highlights

From a Washington-Beijing defence meeting to a robotics expert leaving Sweden for China, here’s a round-up from today’s coverage.

Science

ABB’s top industrial chip and robotics expert Pang Zhibo leaves Sweden for China

The research heavyweight has joined Peking University’s recently elevated school dedicated to robots and advanced manufacturing.

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