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EU bans Chinese organisations from critical tech programmes, including AI, chips
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How China’s Yangtze River fishing ban is also helping finless porpoise recover
21 Feb 2026 - 12:00PM
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Chinese scientists create new battery with electrolyte as safe as tofu brine
21 Feb 2026 - 11:15AM
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Chinese researchers achieve ‘slow motion’ in quantum chaos for better data
20 Feb 2026 - 4:32PM
‘Romance’ between scientists and AI leads to progress on age-old maths problem
19 Feb 2026 - 2:00PM
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China-EU relations
EU bans Chinese organisations from critical tech programmes, including AI, chips
Chinese space scientist Wu Ji doubts the policy will hurt China much and may instead ‘make Europe appear more isolated’.
2 hours ago
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Mainland China
How China’s Yangtze River fishing ban is also helping finless porpoise recover
21 Feb 2026 - 12:00PM
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Mainland China
Chinese scientists create new battery with electrolyte as safe as tofu brine
21 Feb 2026 - 11:15AM
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Medicine
Scientists test universal vaccine for cold, flu, Covid and allergies
The nasal spray works to protect the lungs of mice, and could eventually replace multiple jabs if shown to be effective and safe for humans.
20 Feb 2026 - 7:46AM
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Mainland China
Chinese researchers achieve ‘slow motion’ in quantum chaos for better data
Researchers have controlled a temporary stable phase in the system, offering a possible avenue for preserving quantum information.
20 Feb 2026 - 4:32PM
Isaac Newton
‘Romance’ between scientists and AI leads to progress on age-old maths problem
Chinese team makes record-breaking advances on ‘kissing number’ using a reinforcement learning system called PackingStar.
19 Feb 2026 - 2:00PM
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China's military weapons
Everything we know about China’s mysterious, futuristic Nantianmen Project
Is it a storytelling vehicle for imaginative military hardware, blending science fiction with reality, or is it a glimpse of the future?
17 Feb 2026 - 10:00PM
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Mainland China
Chinese scientists hit breakthrough on 2D semiconductor wafers
Quest for next-generation materials that can deliver superior performance in the coveted chips has become a global priority.
18 Feb 2026 - 5:18PM
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Mainland China
Steve Durst – the US citizen space diplomat who reached out to China
Durst, who has died aged 82, bridged a political divide for the ‘shared excitement of exploring the cosmos’.
16 Feb 2026 - 8:00PM
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China's space programme
China’s first man in space Yang Liwei officially retires from active duty
First Chinese astronaut to reach Earth’s orbit says he and his cohort are ready to return to space ‘if our motherland needs us’.
16 Feb 2026 - 7:25PM
Mainland China
China’s green energy leader Inner Mongolia is working on ‘flexible’ power plants
The two plants will use coal as a backup to renewable sources such as wind and solar power in a major strategic shift.
16 Feb 2026 - 6:59PM
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Shenzhen
Top neuroscientist Arthur Konnerth leaves Germany for full-time role in China
The Brain Prize winner, known for pioneering brain imaging techniques, joins the rapidly expanding Shenzhen Bay Laboratory.
16 Feb 2026 - 12:00PM
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Mainland China
Japanese paper-cutting art inspires China science team’s flexible brain implants
Stretchable microelectrode arrays aim to overcome limitations of electrode technology, such as Neuralink.
14 Feb 2026 - 6:00AM
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Mainland China
How did a prized red gemstone reach the ancient, mysterious Shu kingdom?
The presence of the warm, reddish-orange mineral in the Bronze Age archaeological site of Sanxingdui has long puzzled archaeologists.
13 Feb 2026 - 4:33PM
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Quantum computing
Chinese scientists find path for long-distance quantum communications network
Team from Peking University says its model could allow for ultra-secure communications across thousands of kilometres.
13 Feb 2026 - 3:05PM
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Mainland China
10, 9, 8 ... rocket test puts China neck and neck with US in moon race
Space analysts call China’s successful test a ‘significant milestone’ as SpaceX and Blue Origin vie to provide US lunar lander.
12 Feb 2026 - 9:00PM
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Mainland China
World-leading computational biology pioneer Bao Zhirong returns to China from US
The biologist, renowned for his cancer genomics research, will study brain circuits for insights into autism at his new lab in Shenzhen.
12 Feb 2026 - 9:00AM
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SCMP Highlights
Starlink’s worst nightmare; China’s Shenlong mission: 7 science highlights
From China’s world-first microwave weapon to a fourth ‘Shenlong’ mission, here are some highlights from SCMP’s recent science reporting.
11 Feb 2026 - 1:02PM
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China’s Mengzhou spacecraft passes key test for 2030 crewed moon mission
Test features first flight and controlled vertical splashdown of a Long March-10 carrier rocket.
11 Feb 2026 - 7:29PM
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Hong Kong
Chinese scientists help create ‘machine eye’ that may be faster than human sight
A new type of hardware inspired by the brain increases machine vision speed by four times, bringing revolutionary safety breakthroughs.
11 Feb 2026 - 12:00AM
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Will Musk’s moon pivot put SpaceX on collision course with China’s ambitions?
Elon Musk shifts short-term sights from Mars to the moon, where the race for prime space could pit his company against Chinese research base.
13 Feb 2026 - 2:39PM
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Italy
US transformers are ageing. Why renewable energy could make things worse
Team in China finds that high renewable energy integration could make power transformers age nearly a quarter faster.
9 Feb 2026 - 2:00PM
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Mainland China
‘Super antibody’ found by Chinese team could end 30% fatality tick-borne fever
Researchers in China say the protein could be a way to tackle a growing parasitic threat.
9 Feb 2026 - 1:14PM
Mainland China
Could this thrust device give Chinese drones an edge over F-35s?
An aerodynamic tail nozzle designed in Nanjing proves its mettle in a high-subsonic speed drone test.
9 Feb 2026 - 1:30AM
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How a deadly tumour cell protein could help fight Alzheimer’s: Chinese study
Chinese scientists’ research could open new doors for ‘precision-targeted’ treatment of the most common form of dementia.
8 Feb 2026 - 10:59AM
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Chinese history
How old is Chinese civilisation? A scholar says it really dates back 8,000 years
Leading scholar’s argument stretches the timeline back beyond the widely accepted figure of 5,000 years.
8 Feb 2026 - 6:37AM
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Aerospace: Science
China sends fourth ‘Shenlong’ reusable spacecraft mission into orbit
Programme for ‘peaceful use of outer space’ launched in 2020 is seen as potential rival to US Space Force’s X-37B.
7 Feb 2026 - 8:30PM
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How Chinese scientists made petrol building blocks with CO2, water and sunlight
A solar-powered process that mimics photosynthesis in plants could be used to produce valuable resources such as fuel, researchers say.
7 Feb 2026 - 6:00PM
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