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Tongji University

Tongji University
The latest news and top stories on Tongji University. A Shanghai-based public university, Tongji University is dedicated to cultivating innovative talents and serving the world through science and education. Its main areas of focus include education, research, public service and cultural innovation, alongside engineering architecture and urban planning.
An academically brilliant Chinese father and his 13-year-old son have built a home laboratory to craft miniature replicas of major national engineering marvels. Photo: yzwb.net
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Like father, like son: Chinese duo build mini national engineering marvels in home lab

Beyond science education, Duan senior instils patriotism in his son, hoping he grows into ‘a useful person for the country and society’.

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‘Everyone can attend university’: China unveils sweeping higher education reform

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Taiwan

Mainland Chinese research ship spotted near Taiwan’s largest naval base

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Transport and logistics

Why is China building another high-speed rail line for the Greater Bay Area?

New 350km/h route aims to reduce congestion while bridging city centres and aviation hubs, with an intended cross-border extension.

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Travellers prepare to board a high-speed train at the Guangzhou South Railway Station. Photo: Roy Issa
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Chinese team’s new microscope shows ‘therapeutic mechanism’ of acupuncture

System could enable study of complex biological processes in live animals over long periods with less tissue damage than previous methods.

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Sun Fanglin, Chinese scientist who paved way for new cancer drugs, dies at 58

The Tongji University professor, who specialised in the study of how cells age and form tumours, led several national research programmes.

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China cabby drives against traffic, runs red lights to rush toddler to hospital

Already picked-up passengers vacate taxi after seeing sick child; congestion-hit driver takes sick baby in arms, runs rest of way to hospital.

A taxi driver in China turned a desperate situation into a race against time when he drove against traffic and ran red lights to rush an unconscious three-year-old girl to hospital. Photo: Douyin
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Chinese PhD dropout turned whistle-blower exposes data faking by renowned scholars

Son of migrant worker from poor rural background uses AI to check academic research papers; pushes for reform to stamp out dishonesty.

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Chinese scientists leave posts after whistle-blower raises alarm over their work

The trio faced heightened scrutiny after a former doctoral student and blogger known as Student Geng raised questions about their work.

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China shipbuilding

Why the US Navy must look to allies if it wants to catch up to China at sea

To close gap with Chinese fleet, analysts say the US must outsource shipbuilding to South Korea and Japan – but the move risks backlash.

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One option for the US to close the naval shipbuilding gap with China is to adopt Japanese Mogami-class hulls. Photo: Kyodo
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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.

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A former biomedical PhD student turned whistle-blower and science blogger, known as “Student Geng”, has made a string of claims about the integrity of articles in the prestigious science journal. Photo: Bilibili
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Lead Microsoft AI scientist Li Hongzhi joins China’s Tongji University

Former head of GenAI at Microsoft Asia has focused on machine intelligence in previous research.

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Science

China’s Tongji University punishes top cancer researcher for misconduct

Wang Ping has been fired as dean of life sciences school, demoted by two ranks, and issued a 24-month ban on promotions, funding and awards.

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Defence

Can Korea’s most advanced fighter KF-21 compete with China, the US and Europe?

Recent roll-out puts South Korea in elite group of countries capable of indigenously developing advanced supersonic combat aircraft.

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Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) recently unveiled the first production unit of the KF-21 Boramae, a 4.5-generation fighter jet. Photo: Handout
US-China relations

Minerals over ideology? US moves to break China’s rare earths grip

Washington under Trump is eager to secure alternative supplies, but Beijing’s dominance appears too strong to break soon, observers say.

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A front-end loader transports phosphogypsum in Phalaborwa, South Africa, site of a US-funded rare earths project. Photo: AP
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Inside the shadowy practices plaguing China’s science awards

Beijing has rolled out new rules for investigating violations in scientific activities. So why are critics still pessimistic?

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Artist's Studio

Hong Kong sculptor Gamzar turns iron and bamboo into art

The artist transforms contrasting materials into delicate sculptural installations, channelling design, craft and memories of the city’s industrial past.

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What is the moon’s far side made of? Chinese scientists use AI to crack mystery

Findings add to a growing body of insights from China’s historic Chang’e-6 mission to the lunar far side in 2024.

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Image of the lunar surface as captured by the Chang’e-6 lander. Photo: Handout via Xinhua
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China’s military maglev achieves 0-700km/h acceleration in less than 2 seconds

Feat seen to catapult China into global top tier of ultra-high-speed maglev technology and unlock new possibilities for hyperloop transport.

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China-born architect Wang Fei dies in suspected car crash in London

Tributes to the ‘distinguished architectural educator, scholar and curator’ from Syracuse University say he was killed on Monday.

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China mum, 50, gets into law school after using books of son who failed same test

Woman left disfigured and disabled by fire 10 years ago shuns retirement of ‘square dancing’ to pursue academic dream.

A disfigured 50-year-old woman in China has been accepted into a top university after she studied the books her son used to fail the same test. Photo: SCMP composite/Douyin/Jimu
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How a fire beetle inspired Chinese infrared tech that could aid defence

Sensors 20,000 times faster than conventional devices could rival capabilities of proposed US Golden Dome.

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The fire beetle, which is equipped with a specialised organ allowing the insect to detect faint infrared radiation from hundreds of kilometres away, has inspired Chinese technology that experts say could see applications in missile defence. Photo: Shutterstock
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