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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 fires up powerful particle accelerator to unlock secrets of atoms

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The High Intensity Heavy-ion Accelerator Facility, or HIAF, is up and running in Huizhou, Guangdong province. Photo: Handout

Hong Kong loses 2030 maths congress to Glasgow. Does Asia need a stronger voice?

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Glasgow will host the 2030 International Congress of Mathematicians. Illustration: Shutterstock

China’s high-orbit satellite uses rare metal the US struggles to obtain

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The satellite can monitor a third of the Earth’s surface. Photo: China Academy of Space Technology

Chinese AI agent outperforms Anthropic’s Claude Code in autonomous research

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Large language model-based AI systems are increasingly being used as research assistants and integrated into scientific instruments. Photo: Xinhua

How Chinese police infiltrated and monitored the dark web with the help of AI

The Chinese-language dark web has largely been overlooked by researchers until now. Photo: Shutterstock
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The High Intensity Heavy-ion Accelerator Facility, or HIAF, is up and running in Huizhou, Guangdong province. Photo: Handout
Huizhou

China fires up powerful particle accelerator to unlock secrets of atoms

Facility in country’s south will help scientists answer some of the biggest questions in nuclear physics, according to its chief designer.

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China-EU relations

China, EU pushing ahead on joint research despite trade tensions

Hong Kong

Hong Kong loses 2030 maths congress to Glasgow. Does Asia need a stronger voice?

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United States

China’s high-orbit satellite uses rare metal the US struggles to obtain

Beijing dominates the global supply of gallium nitride – which has been revealed as a key component in its Ludi Tance-4 01 satellite.

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The satellite can monitor a third of the Earth’s surface. Photo: China Academy of Space Technology
Anthropic

Chinese AI agent outperforms Anthropic’s Claude Code in autonomous research

Zhejiang University’s Qiushi Engine topped the ResearchClawBench leaderboard, but it can’t reliably make new discoveries yet.

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Mainland China

How Chinese police infiltrated and monitored the dark web with the help of AI

Researchers linked to law enforcement collected data and devised tools to help classify sensitive and illegal material.

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Mainland China

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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The team tested their system for diverse applications within live mice to demonstrate the system’s “versatility and robustness”. Photo: Shutterstock
Hong Kong

Bridging the divide: how AI scientists unite despite growing geopolitical rifts

As US-China differences deepen, a global cohort of innovators seeks to forge a collaborative, borderless future.

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Shanghai

China can turn plastic waste to jet fuel at a low cost: study

The world produces 460 million tonnes of plastic a year, creating a devastating environmental problem. China may have an answer.

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Djibouti

China’s AI weather warning system Mazu expanding across Global South

The system has been designed to provide ‘tailored’ services that help developing countries better prepare for extreme weather events.

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The weather warning system on display at the World AI Conference in Shanghai last week. Photo: Getty Images
Mainland China

China plans to hit an asteroid with a Mach 26 projectile in planet defence test

Spacecraft to hit at 9km/s, equivalent to over 26 times the speed of sound near sea level and nearly 50 per cent faster than Nasa’s mission.

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China has revealed plans to hit an asteroid at 9km per second, equivalent to more than 26 times the speed of sound, before 2030. Photo: Shutterstock
Japan

China team cuts 3D optical chip production time from hours to seconds

New fabrication method speeds up production time for photonic chips via parallel processing technology.

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Mainland China

Chinese fossil find shows birds shed their dinosaur tails step by step

A Jurassic fossil dating back 150 million years fills in a vital part of the evolutionary puzzle of how birds took to the skies.

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Mainland China

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.

Sun Fanglin joined Tongji University in 2010. Photo: Handout
Shanghai

Chinese scientists have bad news on having babies in space

Researchers use China’s Tianzhou spacecraft missions since 2017 to study how microgravity and space radiation can affect biology.

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The study marks the world’s first successful differentiation of human embryonic stem cells into germ cells in a space environment, according to paper published in Science Advances. Photo: Shutterstock
Mainland China

China’s lab monkey prices hit Covid-era highs on new drug R&D demand

Long macaque breeding cycles and fully pre-booked colonies have forced some researchers to put critical studies on hold.

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Shanghai

Why the US-China space race could come down to a thin metal cap

Propellant tank dome that is only millimetres thick must withstand extreme internal pressures and is very difficult to mass-produce.

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Artificial intelligence

Opinion | As AI learns to hide, science must learn to trust differently

If institutions judge scholarship just through writing, they will be trapped in an endless contest against increasingly capable machines.

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A staff member works at a joint laboratory for AI-powered protein manufacturing under the National Facility for Protein Science in Shanghai on July 7. Photo: Xinhua
Mainland China

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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Russia

China is now world’s No 1 science power, top Russian scientist says

After receiving Chinese award, chemist and materials researcher says it gives him confidence that he’s ‘on the right track’.

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SCMP Highlights

China’s satellite engine outpaces US, new SpaceX rival: 7 science highlights

From China unveiling microwave weapons to top neurobiologist leaving US, here are some highlights from SCMP’s recent science reporting.

A communications satellite equipped with the 750 newton test engine takes off from the Wenchang launch site in southern China on board a modified version of the Long March-7 rocket on June 23. Photo: Xinhua
China education

Will AI kill English classes? Chinese university to drop them as tech booms

The institution will replace English lessons with intercultural communication courses as translation tools bridge language barriers.

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Shenzhen University of Advanced Technology in southern China has announced it will do away with standard English courses in favour of classes that emphasise cross-cultural skills. Photo: SUAT
Mainland China

China used a giant net to land a reusable rocket. Does the idea have legs?

It’s an unconventional approach that has sparked debate over how it stacks up against America’s landing-leg system.

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Mainland China

The young Chinese scientist behind ‘impossible’ breakthrough on sodium batteries

Award-winner Lu Yaxiang and her team are working towards making commercially viable batteries from the abundant, low-cost mineral.

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Artificial intelligence

Using AI could reduce exam scores by a fifth, a study on Chinese students finds

Researchers in Sweden and Hong Kong say students may experience a deceptive sense of fluency – AI makes tasks feel effortless.

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By comparing AI users with non-users, researchers from Sweden and Hong Kong found a clear gap: AI boosted short-term efficiency but harmed long-term learning. Photo: Shutterstock
US-China relations

US National Science Foundation to ban projects with flagged Chinese institutions

Raising security fears, NSF moves from case-by-case approval to full ban on working with restricted entities and their employees.

The US National Science Foundation is moving away from Chinese collaborators that have been flagged as restricted entities by the government. Photo: Shutterstock
Mainland China

Pan Jianwei becomes first Chinese scientist to win top UN basic science prize

Father of quantum recognised for ‘seminal contributions to large-scale secure quantum communications and scalable quantum computation’.

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United States

China to make car connectivity mandatory as US moves to tighten ban

New vehicles with smart driver assistance systems will have to support continuous safety monitoring, data recording and remote management.

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