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A bartender prepares shots at Niang Qing, a “TCM bar” in Shanghai, China. Similar bars based on traditional Chinese medicine have popped up in cities across China, epitomising what the country’s stressed-out, time-poor youth refer to as “punk wellness”, or “wrecking yourself while saving yourself”. Photo: AFP
Food and Drinks

This TCM bar in China makes customers drinks based on its doctor’s diagnoses

Shanghai bar Niang Qing is one of many new traditional Chinese medicine bars that offer bespoke wellness to China’s stressed-out youth.

Science

Chinese semiconductor engineer Xu Zhenpeng says he left US to find freedom

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Wellness

For these Hongkongers, walking isn’t just exercise – it’s therapy

Trending in China

Book on Guandan, China poker-like game, accepted into Harvard Library; nation’s premier is a fan

Author says penetrating academia in US will help spread knowledge about game which means ‘throwing eggs’ in English.

The English version of The Essence of Guandan, a book about a poker-like Chinese card game, has been accepted into libraries at top US universities. Photo: SCMP composite/sinobook.com.cn/Getty Images
Science

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.

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Science

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.

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Banking & finance

How China is upgrading its digital yuan for the stablecoin era

Beijing is upgrading its digital currency in response to the rise of stablecoins, but the goal is to create a fundamentally different system.

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A booth promotes the digital yuan at an expo in Beijing. China is upgrading its digital currency as it aims to create an alternative to stablecoins and cryptocurrencies. Photo: AP
Science

Chinese team builds optical chip AI that is 100 times faster than Nvidia’s A100

Researchers harnessed the power of light to create a chip that could perform complex generative tasks with vastly improved energy efficiency.

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China’s private sector

China’s growing young billionaire class masks innovation hurdles, analysts say

Technological innovation – one of Beijing’s top priorities – is helping to drive wealth creation, report says.

Robotics

Tsinghua University sets up research institute in push for robotics talent

The Institute for Embodied Intelligence and Robotics will be led by Zhang Tao, director of the university’s automation department.

Tsinghua University’s Institute of Embodied AI and Robotics will integrate resources from its different schools. Photo: Shutterstock
Robotics

Chinese schools offer ‘embodied intelligence’ courses to aid robotics industry

Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Zhejiang University are among seven schools that plan to offer ‘embodied intelligence’ as a new major.

Beijing Institute of Technology plans to recruit 120 students for the first batch of the embodied intelligence course. Photo: Shutterstock
China-Japan relations

Why Japan’s drift to the right means a ‘long-term struggle’ for China

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi says that ‘China will never allow Japanese right-wing forces to turn back the clock of history’.

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Artificial intelligence

Tech war: Huawei to open-source software tool to optimise AI chip use

Flex:ai pools and orchestrates processors to squeeze out more performance, company says.

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Science

China building world-first floating artificial island with nuclear-proof bunker

Deep-sea scientific facility designed for ‘all-weather, long-term residency’, say research team.

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Artist impression of the 78,000-tonne “far-sea floating mobile island”. Photo: SJTU, China State Shipbuilding Corporation
China-Japan relations

Has Takaichi planted a Taiwan ‘time bomb’ in Tokyo’s ties with Beijing?

The Japanese prime minister’s comments about military intervention were unusually direct for such a sensitive topic.

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Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has walked back some of her direct comments on Taiwan. Photo: EPA
Artificial intelligence

Meta Platforms’ AI lay-offs triggered by resource competition: ex-researcher

Tian Yuandong says internal conflicts emerged at Meta as LLM development became the industry-wide focus.

Hong Kong stock market

Rising China robotics star AgiBot restructures in potential bid to join IPO race

Shanghai-based firm’s move comes as a wave of Chinese humanoid robot makers – including Unitree and Leju – gear up for public listings.

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China-Japan relations

China’s Okinawa remarks challenge militarisation, not sovereignty: analysts

Observers say Chinese envoy’s comments about ‘indigenous’ Okinawans not intended to question Japan’s rule over southern prefecture.

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Okinawa is home to 32 US military bases. Photo: Getty Images
Biomedicine: Companies

China biotech forum bills antibody cancer drugs as next-generation treatment

Biotech insiders tout antibody-drug conjugates as the next big thing in cancer treatment, with firms urged to pursue global strategies.

Science

The STEM crisis in China’s universities: how outdated courses are wasting talent

Many Chinese degrees prioritise theory over practical experience and fail to prepare students for real-world employment, critics say.

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US-China relations

China can learn US lessons to unleash military power of civilian tech, researcher says

Successful firms such as SpaceX, Palantir and Anduril are part of an agile American ecosystem, according to adviser.

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A Chinese academic urges Beijing to better integrate civil technological innovations into military capabilities in the way the US model flattens the decision-making chain and engages multidimensional expertise. Photo: Florida Today via AP
Science

China’s new space-borne radar tech can track stealth aircraft 24/7: study

Era of complete stealth dominance could soon be over if China’s findings are authenticated in real-world scenarios.

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China has rapidly expanded its on-orbit radar satellite constellation, deploying systems not only in low Earth orbit but also in high-altitude geosynchronous orbits. Photo: Handout
Science

China gears up to build giant South China Sea lab in hunt for ghost particles

Inspired by a spider’s control of its silk, scientists have solved the most complex engineering problem in neutrino astronomy.

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ByteDance

ByteDance founder Zhang Yiming makes rare appearance at Shanghai event

One of China’s richest men, Zhang says the Zhichun Innovation Centre in Shanghai continues his focus ‘on talent recruitment and development’.

Science

China’s Tsinghua University tops multiple global rankings for computer science

Its rise in a field once dominated by US institutions reflects years of Chinese government investment and close ties to the tech sector.

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Tsinghua University in Beijing has pushed to the front of fields like artificial intelligence and computer systems. Photo: Shutterstock
Shanghai

Race to the bottom? China thwarted as US moves on deep-sea mining

No reward yet for Beijing’s multilateral approach at UN body tasked with regulating law of the sea.

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Science

No missing bolts: a glimpse into China’s C919 smart factory

Shanghai mega factory creates real-time tracking system to monitor all plane parts, tools and technicians, ensuring top-notch safety checks.

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South China Sea

Why Beijing’s new plan to bolster its South China Sea claims has Manila worried

Senior Philippine official calls Chinese announcement a pretext for ‘eventual occupation’ as analysts warn of higher tensions.

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