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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

Trump’s tariffs, obesity crisis in China, Europe’s future: 5 weekend reads

The tariffs could hit US firms with manufacturing operations based in Vietnam. Photo: EPA-EFE

Grand Theft Auto Shanghai? Chinese scientists build a virtual city – for police

A virtual version of Shanghai, accurate down to the last manhole cover, may be reminiscent of hit game Grand Theft Auto VI, pictured, but is helping police patrol the city. Photo: Rockstar Games

Magnitude 8 earthquake risk on rise in China, surrounding regions, study warns

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Following the devastating earthquake in Myanmar, Chinese seismologists have warned the region is entering a dangerous new phase. Photo: Xinhua

DeepSeek unveils new AI reasoning method amid anticipation for R2 model

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DeepSeek has unveiled a new approach to improving reasoning AI models amid anticipation for the release of the follow-up to its popular R1 model. Photo: AFP

China flexes military muscles with rare, large-scale missile test in Gobi Desert

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Chinese military scientists have detailed the results of testing a cutting-edge radar system, with 16 ballistic missiles fired in a single, very expensive exercise. Photo: CCTV
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A virtual version of Shanghai, accurate down to the last manhole cover, may be reminiscent of hit game Grand Theft Auto VI, pictured, but is helping police patrol the city. Photo: Rockstar Games
Artificial intelligence

Grand Theft Auto Shanghai? Chinese scientists build a virtual city – for police

A hyperrealistic rendering of China’s largest city may look like a video game setting, but it has a much more serious purpose.

2025 Myanmar earthquake

Magnitude 8 earthquake risk on rise in China, surrounding regions, study warns

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China's military weapons

China flexes military muscles with rare, large-scale missile test in Gobi Desert

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China’s molecular ‘elevator’ boosts immunity 150-fold, scientists say

Supercharged immunity solves ‘last-mile’ vaccine delivery challenge that could transform battles against cancer, pandemics, scientists say.

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Chinese researchers say their experiments have shown that a powerful new vaccine booster has shown excellent preventive and therapeutic effects against rapidly mutating coronaviruses and malignancies. Photo: Shutterstock
Semiconductors

World’s first 1-nanometre RISC-V chip made in China with 2D materials

China’s chip industry has reached a major milestone after scientists developed the world’s most complex semiconductor microprocessor.

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Music

How ‘cheap trick’ helps monkeys yodel better than humans

Human yodellers can switch up and down an octave, but monkeys have a 3½-octave range. Researchers have just discovered why that is.

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Space

Huge asteroid that briefly threatened Earth may smash into moon

Asteroid 2024 YR4 was predicted at one point to have a 3.1 per cent chance of smacking Earth in 2032.

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The full moon eclipse targeted with a laser from the Foster Observatory telescope in Santiago, Chile, on March 14. File photo: AFP
South China Sea

China’s deep sea space station: could South China Sea be the next Persian Gulf?

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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Artificial intelligence

Chinese universities surpass US rivals in AI ranking – then comes DeepSeek

Peking University has topped a major AI research output ranking, as China solidifies its challenge to America for AI dominance.

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China builds cosmic early warning net after solar fury blinds long-range radar

Scientists unveil world’s most advanced monitoring system for near-Earth space after last year’s major solar storm revealed radar vulnerabilities.

China’s Meridian Project Phase II aims to protect a critical long-range radar system from future solar-induced blackouts. Photo: Shutterstock Images
Donald Trump’s China policy

Exclusive | US cyber expert Wang Xiaofeng ‘is safe’ after FBI raids, source says

Unverified statement circulating among Wang’s colleagues says case linked to research grant in China from about seven years ago.

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Wang Xiaofeng was a tenured professor at Indiana University Bloomington. Photo: Handout
Energy

On way to nuclear fusion, Chinese HL-3 reactor hits ‘dual 100 million degrees’

‘These systems now rank among the best in the world, and they’ve helped set multiple records in China’s fusion research,’ chief designer says.

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Mainland China

Chinese team makes marine uranium extraction 40 times more efficient

With uranium demand tipped to cross 40,000 tonnes by 2040, China is likely to increasingly turn to marine extraction for the heavy metal.

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US Politics

US cyber expert Wang Xiaofeng took Singapore job before raids: university letter

University staff protest decision to ‘summarily terminate’ Wang: ‘Silence fuels suspicion and distrust and makes shared governance harder’.

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Wang Xiaofeng, whose homes in Indiana were raided on Friday, has focused his recent research on data protection to support AI and using AI technologies to protect computing systems and 5G networks. Photo: Handout
Mainland China

Australia complains after being excluded by China, New Zealand in historic dive

Scientific mission collects specimens from ocean depths of 6,000 metres in first crewed exploration of Tasman Sea trench.

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China’s deep-sea manned submersible Fendouzhe on display aboard the research vessel in New Zealand before the expedition to the Puysegur Trench. Photo: Xinhua
China technology

European leadership in particle physics threatened by China: CERN chief

‘There is real competition’ from China in particular, Fabiola Gianotti said, adding the giant FCC project is ‘absolutely on the good track’.

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Mainland China

FBI raids on Chinese-American scientist revives China Initiative fears

Two Indiana homes of cybersecurity researcher and professor raided by FBI and Homeland Security but no reason cited, local media report.

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China energy security

How AI revolution at a Chinese coal mine is making profits soar

China’s Dahaize Mine is rewriting the playbook on how a coalfield operates as automation takes centre stage.

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Liang Yunfeng inspects smart machines at a Dahaize underground coal mine. Photo: Journal of Intelligent Mine

Explainer | China is working on low-cost cancer therapies. They could be ‘the next frontier’

Research into the low-cost treatments has shown promise, with around 60 clinical trials currently under way.

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Biomedicine: Science

Beijing almost ready to switch on world’s most powerful X-ray light source

As construction finishes on China’s High Energy Photon Source, scientists are lining up to use it to further their research.

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China technology

Open Questions | China ‘still far behind’ US in maths prowess but is on the rise: Shing-Tung Yau

When the 75-year-old maths genius left Harvard, many thought he would retire. Instead, he is nurturing the next generation of Chinese talent.

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Illustration: Henry Wong

Is China’s top-down science strategy driving innovation or killing it?

Study challenging view that free exploration is best for innovation sparks debate over role of state-driven science in frontier research.

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A new study suggests that China’s recent surge of state-driven scientific breakthroughs has been far more impactful than curiosity-driven exploration. Photo: Xinhua
Robotics: Science

From underdog to genius: Yale computer scientist Sun Huanbo returns to China

A rising star in robotics has returned to his roots, taking up a post as the new head of a key laboratory.

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Semiconductors

Largest gallium wafer: how China leads on next-gen semiconductor tech

A world-first N-polar GaN wafer created by Chinese scientists could be a game changer for the semiconductor industry.

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Trump cuts risk US science brain drain as Europe and China wait with open arms

Over 75 per cent of respondents in a recent Nature poll, mostly early-career researchers, want to move ‘anywhere that supports science’.

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A steady stream of Chinese-born professors and researchers have left the United States in recent years to take up positions back home. Photo: Shutterstock
Chinese overseas

What’s in a Chinese name: scientists bid for identity when using Latin alphabet

Chinese researchers seek ways to be distinguished in a world where their work is not published using their Mandarin name.

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Illustration: Brian Wang
Comac

Comac C949: China unveils quiet supersonic jet with ultra-long range

As global supersonic air travel looks set to begin its second act, China could be quietly leading the boom.

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Cancer

What if curing cancer could cost 99% less in China?

Chinese biotech start-ups are going up against Western drug makers – and they could win.

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