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Chen Mo – the man behind Heroes of Jin Yong – on AI and making a blockbuster game
Creator of new incarnation of martial arts epic says connection to the game is more than commercial – it is personal.
22 Feb 2026 - 12:00PM
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EU bans Chinese organisations from critical tech programmes, including AI, chips
21 Feb 2026 - 9:31PM
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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
Moving beyond flammable lithium-ion batteries, Chinese scientists have developed a long-lasting battery that uses a non-toxic electrolyte.
21 Feb 2026 - 11:15AM
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Chinese scientists are working on a green-friendly and safer alternative to lithium-ion batteries which have been known to explode and cause fires. Photo: Getty Images
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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
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‘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 on track to complete world’s ‘most difficult’ railway project before 2030
330km Dali-Ruili Railway is expected to transform transport in Yunnan’s mountainous west, and better link China to South and Southeast Asia.
19 Feb 2026 - 9:11AM
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A train seen during a trial run in 2022 on the Dali-Baoshan section of the railway line in Yunnan province. Photo: Xinhua
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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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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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 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
Yang Liwei emerges from the Shenzhou-5 re-entry capsule in October 2003. Photo: Handout
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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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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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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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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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A visitor views the “Ancient Shu Civilisation of the Sanxingdui and Jinsha Sites” exhibition at the National Museum of China in Beijing on January 18. A Chinese team says it has solved some mysteries related to crimson beads found in Sanxingdui. Photo: Xinhua
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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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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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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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Computational biologist Bao Zhirong has joined the Southern University of Science and Technology as a chair professor with its life sciences school. Photo: Handout
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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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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Elon Musk has announced plans to set up a “self-growing city” on the moon in less than a decade. Photo: Shutterstock
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Vietnam’s legendary maths genius Ngo Bao Chau to join University of Hong Kong
The Fields Medal winner and his country’s most distinguished mathematician is leaving the US and returning to Asia.
9 Feb 2026 - 5:29PM
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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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‘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
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