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1. China builds record-smashing mega bridge with technology never seen before
The Changtai Yangtze River Bridge boasts a number of world firsts, from its striking asymmetric design to the precision tools developed to build it.
2. Intel chip architect Su Fei returns to China after 20 years in the US
After nearly two decades shaping Intel’s chip designs, one of its leading semiconductor architects has left the United States to join Tsinghua University as a full-time professor.
3. Leading AI scientist Alex Kot moves to a Sino-Russian university in China

Alex Kot, a top AI and computer expert who has been with Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore for more than 30 years, has joined a university in China that was jointly built with Russia.
4. Death of 3 bright young scientists highlights China’s ruthless academic system
The death of three prominent young scientists from top Chinese universities in recent months has again put the country’s ambitious science goals and ruthless academic system under scrutiny.
5. AI could cut a submarine’s survival chance to 5%: Chinese defence scientists

A new defence industry study from China suggests that AI could soon make it extremely hard – even nearly impossible – for submarines to survive in a future naval conflict.
6. Why did Harvard top mathematician Liu Jun leave the US for China?
The professor’s decision to return to Tsinghua University amid rising tensions and US funding cuts had “nothing to do with Trump”.
7. China’s first emperor really did look to Tibet in search of immortality: experts

A stone inscription found on the Tibetan Plateau recording a hitherto unknown expedition sent by China’s first emperor Qin Shi Huang in 210BC is genuine, China’s National Cultural Heritage Administration has concluded.


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Top AI expert moves to China, world’s longest cable-stayed bridge: 7 science highlights

The Changtai Yangtze River Bridge started operating on Tuesday, September 9. Photo: Xinhua

Alex Kot serves as distinguished professor and chief scientist at Shenzhen MSU-BIT University (SMBU), a Chinese-foreign cooperative university. Photo: Handout

A US nuclear submarine seen during military exercises 70 nautical miles (130km) off Cartagena, Colombia. Photo: Colombian National Navy/AFP

Scientists said they had ruled out the possibility that the carving had been made using modern techniques. Photo: Weixin/ 光明文化記憶

DeepSeek secrets unveiled: engineers reveal science behind China’s viral AI model

Chinese AI start-up DeepSeek has sent shock waves through the tech industry, becoming a challenger to US-based OpenAI. Photo: Shutterstock

US satellite spies on Chinese space station and more. China spies back

An image of WorldView Legion 2, a satellite operated by US-based Maxar Intelligence. Credit: Handout

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From an Intel architect’s return to China to an ancient stone carving in Tibet, here are some highlights from SCMP’s recent science reporting


From an Intel architect’s return to China to an ancient stone carving in Tibet, here are some highlights from SCMP’s recent science reporting.


Top AI expert moves to China, world’s longest cable-stayed bridge: 7 science highlights

.css-1c6uqr6{color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;overflow-wrap:break-word;}From an Intel architect’s return to China to an ancient stone carving in Tibet, here are some highlights from SCMP’s recent science reporting

1. China builds record-smashing mega bridge with technology never seen before

From an Intel architect’s return to China to an ancient stone carving in Tibet, here are some highlights from SCMP’s recent science reporting