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Stephen Chen
News Editor, Science
Stephen Chen is the SCMP's science news editor. He investigates major research projects in China, a new power house of scientific and technological innovation, and their impact to humanity. Stephen has produced a large number of exclusive stories on China research, some highly controversial or shrouded in secrecy. He has been with the SCMP since 2006.
A hyperrealistic rendering of China’s largest city may look like a video game setting, but it has a much more serious purpose.
As the world reels from the aftermath of the Myanmar earthquake, seismologists have warned there is a heightened danger of further disasters.
Unprecedented scale of test signals Beijing’s growing confidence in its capacity to counter advanced threats and project dominance.
An alien, underwater world could hold the answers to China’s energy security, scientists say, as they work to unlock its mysteries.
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China’s Dahaize Mine is rewriting the playbook on how a coalfield operates as automation takes centre stage.
As global supersonic air travel looks set to begin its second act, China could be quietly leading the boom.
Researchers have developed an innovative secondary combustion technique to help China win the global hypersonic race.
As the threat of global climate collapse grows, Beijing is considering a plan to turn the Tibetan Plateau into an agricultural stronghold.
Beijing now has the power to disrupt global communications after scientists revealed a device that can sever undersea cables.
Modelling suggests ‘fundamental shifts’ are under way with Africa, South America, Australia and Greenland emerging as competitors.
Chinese engineers have overcome the hurdles that stopped the US billionaire’s idea for a vacuum tube transport system in its tracks.
China could power ahead of the US in the moon race thanks to a few structural differences in its lunar base reactor, engineers say.
As the US works on a new radical design for its latest stealth drone, the project is already lagging far behind China’s.
‘This battle can be won’: desert expert reveals how China’s technology, funding and strategies aid ambitious environmental project.
The one advantage combat pilots had over artificial intelligence was unpredictability. Now a new study has put that in jeopardy.
While the US struggles with deteriorating radar-absorbent materials, China has looked to the past for its cutting-edge solution.
Technology to track hundreds of millions of shipping containers has been developed by Chinese military scientists.
As the world searches for energy alternatives to fossil fuels, the answer may have been in front of us the whole time.
Disclosures about surveillance satellite Ludi Tance 4-01confirm numerous breakthroughs in sensitive, electronic warfare-related technology.
As the need for speed grows, researchers have developed an engine that uses standard aviation kerosene to travel up to 20,000km/h.
PLA scientists have proposed equipping robotic combatants with contentious weapons that are one step away from nuclear arms.
As Nasa struggles to return two astronauts after issues with the Starliner capsule, China has used the problem to its advantage.
The laser-based system could potentially allow China to scrutinise foreign military satellites with unparalleled precision.
Chinese government study says laser satellite data reveals harbour deep enough for advanced warships on largest reef in the Spratly Islands.
Scientists will be able to work for up to a month in the facility that will be anchored 2,000 metres below the surface.
Chinese researchers say they found jet’s potential vulnerability in study of simulated combat involving Taiwan.
Stealth may soon be an impossible feat for submarines, after scientists found a way to detect even the quietest underwater vessels.
Chinese researchers have shown in a simulation how a combination of drones and unmanned boats could battle a US fleet.
A superfast turbojet engine under development could see China zooming ahead of the US in the global military aircraft race.
Researchers in China have developed a radar that sits on the seabed and can detect and track aircraft flying high above.
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