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Latest news on research and breakthroughs by Chinese scientists, as the country ramps up investment in science and innovation as part of its ambitions to become a world-leading power by 2035, and other developments worldwide.
LATEST China Science NEWS

China’s progress on ‘game-changing’ space technology heightens US concerns

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The Shijian-25 satellite was launched in January. Photo: Xinhua

China wants to change the world with disruptive technologies. But what are they?

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Hypersonic aircraft are among China’s future technologies hailed by the National Development and Reform Commission’s this week. Credit: Chinese Academy of Sciences

China’s supreme court puts AI protections on its 2025 agenda

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AI technology relies on vast amounts of data, raising privacy concerns. Photo: Reuters

Chinese vaccine shows promise in stopping plaque build-up in arteries

A build-up of plaque – a deposit of fatty substances, cholesterol and cellular waste – in the arteries can lead to blood clots, stroke and heart attacks. Illustration: Shutterstock

Influential AI expert Tingwen Huang returns to China after decades abroad

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Tingwen Huang is one of the world’s most extensively cited researchers in computer science and engineering. Photo: Handout
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Hypersonic aircraft are among China’s future technologies hailed by the National Development and Reform Commission’s this week. Credit: Chinese Academy of Sciences
China economy

China wants to change the world with disruptive technologies. But what are they?

At the ‘two sessions’ the National Development and Reform Commission highlighted China’s rise in scientific and tech innovations.

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Biomedicine: Science

Chinese vaccine shows promise in stopping plaque build-up in arteries

Influential AI expert Tingwen Huang returns to China after decades abroad

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China technology

Chinese scientists build world’s first AI chip made of carbon

Chinese researchers have developed a chip that it could be a game-changer in modern computing.

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Chinese scientists have used carbon nanotubes (CNTs) to create a new type of microchip which could revolutionise the future of computing. Photo: Shutterstock

Light-speed chip from China-led team could be future of ultra-fast processing

All-optical 100 GHz chip shatters clock speed limits in dramatic boost for AI development, 6G, autonomous vehicles.

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United States

Prize-winning computer scientist Quan Guocong picks China post after years in US

The former Meta researcher joins Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou where he will focus on optimising network efficiencies.

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Business of climate change

China can stop importing oil in 20 years, NPC deputy Liu Hanyuan says

Tongwei Group founder says that in the past, China has tended to focus on generation and neglect transmission.

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NPC deputy and billionaire Liu Hanyuan has made suggestions to meet the “urgent need for energy transformation” and respond to the risks of international trade barriers. Photo: Xinhua

In an innovation arms race, China blitzes as the US retreats

Beijing’s latest R&D budget turbocharges a quest for science leadership in the 21st century, in contrast to Trump’s push to axe spending.

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Mystery lithium levels in Beijing’s pregnant women spark worries, study finds

Findings suggest unknown exposure source, lead author says, as study highlights potential health risks of high environmental lithium.

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Animals

Scientists take first step to bringing back mammoth by creating ‘woolly mouse’

US start-up Colossal Biosciences says it is on track to produce a woolly mammoth calf born to a surrogate elephant mother by late 2028.

A genetically edited mouse (left) with long, thick, woolly hair is held next to a regular mouse at a lab in Dallas, Texas. Photo: Colossal Biosciences via AP
US-China relations

China’s UN chance, ‘don’t poke the dragon’: 7 US-China relations reads

From the new UN vacuum to science fears and a Panama ‘victory’, here are highlights from the SCMP’s overseas correspondents in February 2024.

Chinese President Xi Jinping addresses the United Nations General Assembly via video in September 2020. Donald Trump’s targeting of the UN has created an opportunity for China to expand its power. Photo: UN handout via Xinhua
United States

China’s online commenters seize on drop in F-22 engine performance data

The US supersonic fighter jet is a benchmark for Chinese aviation developers but revisions spark debate about its other parameters.

Chinese maths star Wang Hong solves ‘infamous’ geometry problem

It’s seen as significant progress in geometric measure theory, and she could be in the running for a Fields Medal.

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China technology

China solves F-22’s stealth coating cracks with 3,000-year-old silk weaving tech

While the US struggles with deteriorating radar-absorbent materials, China has looked to the past for its cutting-edge solution.

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America’s F-22 jets are known to suffer coating cracks, but China is now using ancient weaving techniques to create a more advance type of coating to solve the problem. Photo: AFP
China education

Power shift in science? Why chemistry is thriving in China and dying in the US

As China forges ahead in chemistry research output, dominating the latest Nature Index, the West is cutting chemistry departments.

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Nature Index’s corporate contributions category highlights a deeper competitive dynamic, with the US still leading in transforming basic research into commercial products and China at a pivotal stage in overcoming this challenge. Photo: Shutterstock
Mainland China

The landmark Chinese AI system ‘thinking like a top expert cardiologist’

Decades of anonymised patient records have been used to train the system along with international research and treatment guidelines.

How China’s most famous liquor could power next-gen energy storage

Researchers turn leftover sediment from baijiu distillation into low-cost material that boosts sodium-ion battery performance.

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Scientists find genetic link between Attila’s Huns and empire that fought Han China

A link between the Huns and Xiongnu was long suspected and now scientists say DNA evidence links the two empires across the centuries.

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The Hunnic empire reached its zenith under Attila, “the scourge of god”. Photo: Shutterstock Images
China trade

China’s Tiantuo satellite breakthrough enables global cargo surveillance

Technology to track hundreds of millions of shipping containers has been developed by Chinese military scientists.

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China's military weapons

Could this ultra-flat antenna give China’s stealth fighters an edge?

Chengdu team arranges elements in a tightly coupled circular array for omnidirectional antenna that operates on broad range of frequencies.

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China energy security

China’s thorium survey finds ‘endless energy source right under our feet’

As the world searches for energy alternatives to fossil fuels, the answer may have been in front of us the whole time.

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A survey has revealed there could be enough thorium at the Bayan Obo mine to power China for 60,000 years. Photo: Reuters
Robotics

Another DeepSeek moment? China’s kung fu bot goes open source

China’s robotics race is whirling ahead – and it could give martial arts masters a run for their money.

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Unitree’s humanoid robots’ abilities are advancing in literal leaps and bounds after the company made its G1 robot open source. Photo: AFP

Will Putin help Trump challenge China’s stranglehold on rare earths?

The US president wants critical minerals in Greenland and Ukraine. Now Moscow has offered access to the key metals.

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China reveals potent tech powering high-orbit radar satellite wonder

Disclosures about surveillance satellite Ludi Tance 4-01confirm numerous breakthroughs in sensitive, electronic warfare-related technology.

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Tsinghua University

Top mathematician Shing-Tung Yau leads China’s bid for 2030 maths Olympics

Prominent theorist is on a mission to showcase China’s global ascendancy in mathematics, shifting research landscape.

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Professor Shing-Ting Yau,, director of the Yau Mathematical Sciences Centre at Beijing’s Tsinghua University, says a lot has changed since China last hosted the maths Olympics. Photo: Edmond So
China's military weapons

Chinese scientists build first jet fuel-powered engine for Mach 16 flight

As the need for speed grows, researchers have developed an engine that uses standard aviation kerosene to travel up to 20,000km/h.

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Chinese researchers have developed an engine that uses standard aviation kerosene to travel up to Mach 16, which could be a game-changer in hypersonic flight. Photo: Chinese Academy of Sciences
China and climate change

China could lose 35% of its cropland by 2100, scientists warn

Researchers say even if countries meet Paris Agreement targets on climate change, key agricultural areas could become wetlands or forests.

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Space

‘City killer’ asteroid is no longer a threat to Earth, scientists say

The chance of a football field-sized asteroid striking Earth in 2032 has fallen to 0.001 per cent.

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