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Sixteen years after her dramatic rescue, newly admitted Peking University student Zheng celebrated her milestone alongside her selfless saviour. Photo: The Paper
Trending in China

China teen celebrates university acceptance with hero who saved her 16 years ago

Yu shares with the media that he never imagined that his act of kindness would forge such a meaningful relationship.

China's economic recovery

China’s Politburo pledges policy support, spending to counteract sluggish growth

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Scalpers snap up local paper after profile on Fields winner Wang Hong goes viral

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China’s rare earth reserves could be much larger than reported: leading geologist

But potential resources at massive Bayan Obo mine in Inner Mongolia do not automatically translate into economically recoverable reserves.

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Containing 100 million tonnes of rare earth reserves, the Bayan Obo mine in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region has served as the backbone of China’s rare earth industry for decades. Photo: VCG via Getty Images
China GDP

China’s ‘K-shaped’ economy is divided not just by sector, but geography

The divide between China’s booming tech industry and struggling consumer sector has drawn attention. But regional disparities are also widening.

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Editorial | Fields Medal duo a triumph for Chinese education, global collaboration

Wang Hong and Deng Yu are a tribute to the multiplying benefits of education at home, learning abroad and cooperation across borders.

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Fields Medallists lead new wave of young Chinese scientists in global research

Wang Hong and Deng Yu’s historic Fields Medal win illustrates China’s decades-long investment in scientific talent pipeline, say advocates.

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Deng Yu (far left) and Wang Hong (far right) were awarded the Fields Medals on Thursday, marking the first time Chinese mathematicians have won the honour. The other recipients for 2026 are American John Pardon (second left) and Canada’s Jacob Tsimerman. Photo: Xinhua
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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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China supercharges AI with 100-fold faster optical chip breakthrough

Peking University researchers develop new all-optical interconnect system linking standard electronic chips with specific algorithms.

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10 scientists and experts who have left US and UK for China so far in 2026

From a Nobel Prize winner to the creator of the first plant ID app, here are some of the scientists and experts who made the move.

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Some of the scientists and experts who left the West for China in 2026 (from left to right): Peipei Chen, Dai Liang and Zhang Kai. Photo: Handout
China technology

AI, science and the risks in China’s reliance on imported precision equipment

The country is dependent on overseas high-end scientific instruments, crimping use of artificial intelligence, researcher says.

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China is heavily dependent on imports for the best precision scientific equipment. Photo: Shutterstock
Science

Politics over progress: how US-China tensions slow scientific advancements

As Washington and Beijing lock horns over national security, political friction may be dismantling decades of fruitful shared discovery.

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Low-income Chinese girl aces gaokao, inspires live-streamers offering help

Han has received offers from Tsinghua University and Peking University, many others offer financial aid in an effort to secure her enrolment.

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Chinese team’s brain-mimicking chip ‘up to 478 times faster than Nvidia GPU’

New chip performs data storage and computation in a single memory array, enabling real-time modelling of complex brain structures, team says.

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The breakthrough “opens up new possibilities for brain-computer interfaces and the diagnosis and treatment of brain diseases”, lead author of study published in Science says. Photo: Shutterstock
Electric & new energy vehicles

The secret behind China’s EV boom? Local alliances, not industrial policy: study

The new research comes as the Chinese and EU trade chiefs meet in Brussels to discuss trade tensions fuelled, in part, by electric vehicles.

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Chinese-made MG Cyberster electric vehicles wait to be loaded onto a ship for export at a car yard in Yantai, China’s eastern Shandong province on June 25. Photo: AFP
Artificial intelligence

Faster AI, lower costs: DSpark eases bottlenecks and chip strain, says DeepSeek

Start-up unveils speculative decoding framework that speeds up inference by up to 85 per cent amid China’s push to overcome US AI curbs.

Education in Hong Kong

Why are Hong Kong, mainland universities rising in global rankings as US ones fall?

Asian institutions climbed in QS top 200 list over five years, while 73 per cent of US universities fell, with eight dropping out.

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Wife of ALS-stricken China e-commerce tycoon refuses divorce despite request

Raised in Beijing, Duan was rebellious and independent from a young age, later meeting Cai through matchmaking in 2018.

Duan Rui, wife of Cai Lei—a former JD.com vice president battling ALS—met him through matchmaking. Photo: ifeng
China exports

What fuels global trade imbalances: China’s overcapacity or US failure to adapt?

Economists highlight the potential for China’s green manufacturing capacity to support the global energy transition, despite overcapacity fears.

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Communist Party politics

How ‘lying flat’ went from a niche subculture to mainstream phenomenon

Spy agency says foreign forces are ‘brainwashing’ people, but critics call lying flat a rational response to a broken system.

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Artificial intelligence

Can Chinese silicon replace Nvidia? Here are 5 AI models trained on local chips

A growing number of Chinese AI labs are experimenting with shifting earlier model training phases onto domestic chips.

Chinese AI models have become increasingly competitive with their US peers, but the country’s AI hardware still lags significantly. Photo: Shutterstock Images
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China ‘Goose Leg Auntie’ hailed for street snacks slammed for using cheap duck legs

Ingredients row hits much-loved street food vendor who sells roast bird legs for US$2, reportedly makes US$90,000 a year.

China’s viral “Goose Leg Auntie,” who was initially celebrated for her street snacks sold near universities in Beijing, has been criticised for using inexpensive duck legs. Photo: QQ.com
Semiconductors

Can Huawei’s breakthrough help China’s chip design software firms catch US rivals?

Domestic chip design software vendors embrace Huawei’s Tau Scaling Law, but analysts caution that breaking US dominance is far from easy.

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Chinese Basketball Association

Hong Kong students vowing to play ‘fast and smart’ during AUBL contest in China

One of the six newcomers in the university basketball league, Chinese University of Hong Kong will compete in the 12-team event this summer.

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Huawei, scientists build 2D parallel computing chip that rewrites Moore’s Law

Marking a global first for 2D semiconductors, the new microprocessor overcomes silicon size limits to boost density and slash data delays.

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Chinese researchers are using two-dimensional materials such as molybdenum disulfide to pack more transistors onto microchips. Photo: Nanjing University
Semiconductors

Peking University unveils design tool to power Huawei’s chip ambitions

The university’s new chip design software is compatible with Huawei’s LogicFolding architecture introduced on Monday.

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A concept illustration of a Huawei chip. Photo: Shutterstock Images
China technology

AI gives China ‘God’s-eye view’ of green sector as data-centre demand booms

Alibaba and Peking University map nation’s extensive green-energy sites – a move that could help stabilise national grid amid surge in computing-power needs.

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China teacher slams student’s complaint about lack of smoking benches, sparks debate

Educator pens stinging rebuke to ‘tired’ complaining cigarette lover, telling them if they want ‘comfort’ they should go to the library.

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