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Victoria Bela
Reporter, China
Prior to joining SCMP in 2023, Victoria received her Bachelor’s degrees in Environmental Health and Environmental Studies from the University of Rochester, where she also worked in a Biochemistry lab. She holds a Master's in Public Policy from Peking University.
Prior to joining SCMP in 2023, Victoria received her Bachelor’s degrees in Environmental Health and Environmental Studies from the University of Rochester, where she also worked in a Biochemistry lab. She holds a Master's in Public Policy from Peking University.
Areas of Expertise:
Environmental Science, BiologyLanguages Spoken:
English, Mandarin, Russian
Remains of a new dicynodont species dating back over 250 million years link China and South Africa, suggesting passage of large animals.
Revolutionary change to fossil fuel conversion process reduces carbon pollution to almost zero while tripling yield of high-value chemicals.
American commission issues stark warning, as analytics firm Clarivate reports that Chinese innovative drug development has entered new phase.
Starlink’s Michael Nicolls declares ‘significant reconfiguration’ to be coordinated with regulators, other operators and US Space Command.
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Beijing tells UN meeting of near misses involving SpaceX satellites and warns they are being used by criminals and terrorists.
The technology could help power future communications systems and shift the dynamics of electronic warfare, team says.
Chinese state-owned and commercial developers are racing to catch up on a decade of the technology’s deployment.
USC chemistry professor is awarded one of Russia’s top science honours, topping competition from 40 countries.
Tokyo ‘deliberately sidestepped the important information that they are territories Japan has stolen’: Chinese foreign ministry.
Record 32,000 applications from 54 nations vie for seventh Africa’s Business Heroes awards to recognise 100 start-ups over 10 years.
Chinese embassy urges Israel to ‘correct its erroneous actions’ in response to reported visit by the island’s deputy foreign minister.
WHO denies change to Taiwan status quo after Japanese finance minister claims Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus made the comments in Tokyo.
Jimsar shale oil demonstration zone in Xinjiang has reached its annual crude output goal of 1.7 million tonnes 22 days ahead of schedule.
The technology that virtually links locomotives could boost the country’s freight capacity by 50 per cent, state broadcaster CCTV says.
Genetic modification improves environmental credentials of ‘particularly promising’ substitute that outperforms poultry, study finds.
Celebrated Chinese electronics engineer who ‘kept his homeland in his heart’ while living overseas buried in Fujian with his late wife.
Designer LandSpace says it is investigating after lower stage of the rocket appeared to catch fire before crashing near the recovery site.
Chinese and foreign military cadets test bomb disposal robot using voice commands and discuss ethical boundaries of AI in war: state media.
Commentary by Xinhua, which typically reflects central government stance, says tragedy united city and urges Hong Kong to move forward.
Physicist Pan Jianwei and team simulate exotic new state of matter that has ‘quantum armour’ against errors and noise.
Drones and ultra-tall ladder trucks hold promise, but prevention is still best for avoiding repeat of Wang Fuk Court blaze, experts say.
The death of Xie Hongxue is the latest example of a premature passing that has raised questions about the country’s cutthroat academic system.
Ambitious programme also encourages private firms to pioneer innovation in areas such as reusable rockets and space debris monitoring.
Supercritical carbon dioxide power system in southwest China is the world’s first commercial unit of its kind.
Chinese headquarters of Russian Academy of Engineering says it is taking note of case against Guo Wei, who is accused of ‘faked’ credentials.
High-intensity heating and cooling method speeds up creation of sought-after electrical component.
Quercetin, an antioxidant found in apples and other foods, shows promise in cancer prevention. Shandong University team has discovered how.
Gansu province is a leading source of solar and wind-powered energy, but cannot yet end its reliance on carbon-heavy power sources.
2 months of ‘unprecedented measurement precision’ by world’s largest neutrino detector raises hopes for unlocking secrets of matter.
