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Scientist Yin Jianhua says a Chinese team’s research shows that asthma is closely related to the immune system, suggesting that immune-related treatments could be a viable option for therapy. Photo: Shutterstock
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Asthma has no cure. For some, the risk is in this gene, Chinese team finds

Researchers create Chinese Immune Multi-Omics Atlas, profiling more than 10 million immune cells and identifying 73 types of immune cells.

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Ex-Chinese factory worker Gao Huijun to head top international electronics body

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China found something strange on far side of moon no one had seen in nature

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US-China relations

US losing out to China with ‘onslaught’ on cutting-edge research: Nobel laureate

America risks losing the tech race to China unless it elects a government more supportive of scientific research, Nobel-winning economist says.

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Washington has suspended or cancelled more than 7,800 research grants since US President Donald Trump’s return to office, Nature reported on Tuesday. Photo: AP
Washington has suspended or cancelled more than 7,800 research grants since US President Donald Trump’s return to office, Nature reported on Tuesday. Photo: AP
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China is building a triad reactor system to power world-class chemical plant

Project uses nuclear energy to pump clean steam to the petrochemical industry while also supplying electricity.

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The West cheered China’s coal-fired export ban. Then came the massive blackouts

Did Beijing’s decision to stop financing overseas coal plants after pressure from US and Europe lead to mass – yet avoidable – power cuts?

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China's space programme

China’s commercial space sector soars with 50 launches in 2025

Commercial launches accounted for 54 per cent of the total last year, data from China National Space Administration shows.

A Long March-7A carrier rocket, carrying the Shijian-29A and Shijian-29B satellites, blasts off from the Wenchang Space Launch Site in south China’s Hainan province on December 31, 2025. Photo: Xinhua
A Long March-7A carrier rocket, carrying the Shijian-29A and Shijian-29B satellites, blasts off from the Wenchang Space Launch Site in south China’s Hainan province on December 31, 2025. Photo: Xinhua
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First contact: in quest for moon water, Chinese team flags risk in touching ice

Scientists warn water on the moon is locked in frozen soil, not exposed to air and held in place only by cold and vacuum.

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Made in China 2025

Exclusive | China challenges US in AI drug race, but rivals still reliant on each other

While US biotech firms increase use of Chinese clinical data, Chinese firms need US counterparts for monetisation, investor and scientist says.

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China suffers unprecedented double rocket launch failures in a single day

Saturday’s twin failures involved a state-owned rocket and a private one, but observers attribute them to industry’s growing pains.

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Saturday’s Long March-3B failure was the first in more than five years. Photo: Xinhua
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China’s Shenzhou-20 spacecraft returns to Earth broken and unbroken

‘Exceptionally precious’ data gained during unforeseen nine months in orbit to be used for ‘future design improvements’.

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The uncrewed Shenzhou-20 spacecraft after touchdown at the Dongfeng landing site on Monday. Photo: Xinhua
The uncrewed Shenzhou-20 spacecraft after touchdown at the Dongfeng landing site on Monday. Photo: Xinhua
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Chinese team restores legendary Tang dynasty ‘golden’ armour from Tibetan tomb

Tomb’s occupant confirmed to be a Tuyuhun king and the golden armour is likely to have been among his prized possessions, conservators say.

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Quantum physicist You Chenglong joins cutting-edge Chinese research institute

The researcher is reported to have left the US to take up a position at the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China.

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China, Chile to explore Atacama Trench with ‘tools no other country possesses’

Three-month expedition will plumb uncharted depths of eastern Pacific in quest for new life forms and insights into quakes and tsunamis.

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The team will sail aboard the Chinese research vessel Tan Suo Yi Hao to cover 700km around the Atacama Trench, one of the deepest and least explored regions of the eastern Pacific. Photo: Handout
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Could China’s ion implanter ‘scalpel’ carve out secure chip supply chains?

The technology is central to some forms of semiconductor manufacturing and dominated by overseas players.

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The China Institute of Atomic Energy says it has developed the nation’s first high-energy hydrogen ion implanter called the POWER-750H. Photo: Handout
The China Institute of Atomic Energy says it has developed the nation’s first high-energy hydrogen ion implanter called the POWER-750H. Photo: Handout
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How can China help Uruguay battle beetles threatening to invade South America?

A small reddish insect is on the march and Chinese space technology could halt the pest’s path of destruction.

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Could flying wind farms be the future of energy generation in China?

The test of an ‘alien-looking’ giant airship in the skies above Sichuan created a buzz on social media.

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CO2 + H2O = cleaner recycling of dead lithium batteries?

Chinese team says their process can recover most of the lithium without the need for harsh and polluting chemicals.

The global mass of spent lithium-ion batteries is projected to reach 381 million metric tonnes by 2050, according to the researchers. Photo: AFP
The global mass of spent lithium-ion batteries is projected to reach 381 million metric tonnes by 2050, according to the researchers. Photo: AFP
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Chinese scientists unlock possible key to dark matter after almost 90 years

Researchers have made the first direct observation of a quantum phenomenon known as the Migdal effect.

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China’s 7,000-year-old sunmao woodwork led to the most efficient DNA editing tool

Quest to beat the US saw a Chinese team turn to ancient traditions, leading to a new technique 10 times more effective than other methods.

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SCMP Highlights

Chinese ‘rising star’ leaves MIT, woman prays to Shrek for 4 years: 7 highlights

From Chinese solar makers facing monopoly probe to woman praying to Shrek for four years, here are highlights from SCMP’s recent reporting.

A woman in the Philippines spent four years worshipping the animated character Shrek. Photo: SCMP composite/Shutterstock/IG@thetropixs
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China’s supercooling tech packs 40% more punch into chips used in military radar

The innovation is expected to boost the performance of gallium nitride-based radar systems, widely used in China’s advanced stealth planes.

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A team of Xidian University scientists, including Hao Yue (centre), is behind an innovation in semiconductor supercooling that has been called the “most significant breakthrough” in the field in two decades. Photo: Handout
A team of Xidian University scientists, including Hao Yue (centre), is behind an innovation in semiconductor supercooling that has been called the “most significant breakthrough” in the field in two decades. Photo: Handout
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Could China’s Yaogan-47 satellite have a lens as wide as the Hubble Telescope?

Chinese satellite will be used for national land surveys, urban planning, environmental management and comprehensive disaster prevention.

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Chinese military says it is developing over 10 quantum warfare weapons

People’s Liberation Army says it is working on advanced technology to provide better front-line mapping.

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Zheng Yu, ‘rising star’ in chemical engineering from MIT, quits US for China

The researcher who specialises in wearable devices has taken up a position at Peking University.

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The “Great Dome” at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus in Cambridge. Photo: AP Photo
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