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Chinese President Xi Jinping holds talks with his Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in Brasilia on Wednesday. Photo: Xinhua

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China poised to challenge Elon Musk’s Starlink for Brazil’s satellite internet

Deal between Shanghai-based SpaceSail and Brazil telecoms company follows country’s earlier dispute with Musk’s social media platform X.

China’s EV battery industry could be 7 times bigger in future: top scientist

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China, US ‘have different definitions of deterrence’. Will this bring disaster?

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From abusive patients to harassment: mistreatment of China’s medical students

Most medical graduates have experienced at least one form of bad behaviour from superiors or the people they are caring for, study finds.

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Most Chinese medical students report experiencing some form of mistreatment during their training. Photo: Xinhua
Most Chinese medical students report experiencing some form of mistreatment during their training. Photo: Xinhua

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How Trump’s first term broke decades-old tech barriers that troubled Beijing

Chinese team says in his first term Trump inadvertently broke down invisible barrier that had troubled Beijing for decades.

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Chinese herbal medicine questioned, making sweeter tomatoes: 7 science highlights

From a TCM treatment for brain bleeds to controlling drones with a touchpad, here are a few highlights from SCMP’s recent science reporting.

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Is this popular Chinese herbal medicine for brain bleeds useless?

The Lancet has published a study of a widely used traditional Chinese medicine – Zhongfeng Xingnao – which was developed in the 1980s.

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The Lancet medical journal has released the results of its study of FYTF-919, an oral liquid solution sold under the brand name Zhongfeng Xingnao, which has been used to treat brain bleeds since the 1980s. Photo: SCMP

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How a Chinese spacecraft will catch Mars rock samples for journey to Earth

A lightweight device on an orbiting module will capture a container about the size of a coffee can.

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As China gets closer to launch date for its Tianwen-3 Mars mission, scientists have designed a device to safely capture rock samples for the all-important return back to Earth. Photo: Shutterstock
As China gets closer to launch date for its Tianwen-3 Mars mission, scientists have designed a device to safely capture rock samples for the all-important return back to Earth. Photo: Shutterstock

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Global climate expert Chen Deliang returns to China after decades in Europe

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences fellow has joined Tsinghua University’s earth system science department.

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For Shanghai-born international maths star Yilin Wang, curiosity adds up

Wang, winner of this year’s prestigious Salem Prize, speaks French, avoids the spotlight, and is ‘not a big fan’ of maths contests.

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China’s hypergravity marvel to ‘compress’ time and space

Revolutionary research tool will dial up gravity to mimic natural events and help to tap future energy reserves, solve engineering puzzles.

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The Centrifugal Hypergravity and Interdisciplinary Experiment Facility (CHIEF), located in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, is expected to help scientists solve a vast array of engineering challenges. Photo: ifeng

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China scientists crack oil-water recycling in potential green win for industry

Unlike traditional methods that retrieve one ingredient from an emulsion, study outlines system that saves both.

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Researchers from Zhejiang University in China have written about their new way of separating oil and water emulsions to environmentally acceptable standards. Photo: Shutterstock
Researchers from Zhejiang University in China have written about their new way of separating oil and water emulsions to environmentally acceptable standards. Photo: Shutterstock

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How Beijing flipped the South China Sea game with a single island

An isolated reef in the Spratly Islands holds the key to improved Chinese response times in the region, a new study says.

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China’s netizens warned that shutting down scientists’ views may hobble progress

Renowned scientists such as physicist He Zuoxiu and Fields Medal winner Yau Shing-Tung have been subjected to online attacks.

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World first as Chinese sample reveals ‘young’ volcanic activity on moon’s far side

Chinese and US scientists have come up with some surprising results after testing rock samples collected by the Chang’e-6 lunar mission.

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Scientists have already made a major discovery after testing began on samples collected by China’s Chang’e-6 probe from the far side of the moon. Photo: CNSA/Xinhua via AP

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China’s newest commercial satellite ‘pushes limits’ of optical resolution

Orbiter will also provide high-speed satellite-to-ground data transmission and feature electric propulsion, developer says.

Image of an Atlanta stadium taken by Jilin-1 Gaofen 05B on Thursday. Photo: Chang Guang Satellite Technology
Image of an Atlanta stadium taken by Jilin-1 Gaofen 05B on Thursday. Photo: Chang Guang Satellite Technology

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China’s FAST telescope a beacon of ‘soft power’, Shaw laureate says

Winners of the awards see top science and maths talent continuing to emerge from Chinese universities.

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Chinese scientists modify tomatoes to make them ‘significantly sweeter’

Glucose and fructose levels were 30 per cent higher after researchers removed two genes that regulate sugar content, according to study.

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Award-winning mathematician Ma Xiaonan leaves Europe for China

The academic will serve as chair professor at Nankai University’s Chern Institute of Mathematics.

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Chinese mathematician Xiaonan Ma is returning to China after decades in Europe to take up a chair professorship at Nankai University in Tianjin. Photo: Wuhan University

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Trump’s return dims outlook for Chinese EVs, BYD’s record sales: 7 EV reads

From what Trump’s re-election means for Chinese EV makers to Shanghai’s push for pilot-free flying cars, here are seven EV stories you may have missed.

Chinese EVs waiting to be loaded onto a ship at Taicang Port in Suzhou, in China’s eastern Jiangsu province. Photo: AFP
Chinese EVs waiting to be loaded onto a ship at Taicang Port in Suzhou, in China’s eastern Jiangsu province. Photo: AFP

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China’s record-setting zebrafish tip the scales for human space habitation

Animal experiment aboard Tiangong space station smashes ISS record for similar research, while helping scientists understand effects of microgravity.

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Will Chinese scientists make or break the uprising in academic publishing?

A new publishing model is causing ructions in academia, and it could be China who decides the winner.

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6G radiation exposure under US legal limits harmed mice testicles: China study

Low levels of terahertz waves – a key part of future 6G communications – produced harmful effects in mice testicles, Chinese military research shows.

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A new study by Chinese researchers has raised the possibility of harmful effects on human testicles from future 6G communications technology. Photo: Shutterstock
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