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The sun sets over solar panels deployed at the Kubuqi Photovoltaic Desert Control Project, near Ordos, in China’s northern Inner Mongolia region. Photo: AFP

China’s green tech revolution will outlast geopolitics: Arif Aga

Low costs, not geopolitics, will drive the global energy transition in the long run, industry consultant says.

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Video | How China is building a great green wall to protect itself from desertification

13 Dec 2025 - 9:44AMvideocam

US green tech retreat echoes mistake of China’s Qing dynasty before collapse

13 Dec 2025 - 7:07AMvideocam

Race for AI space centres: why the US goes all in after China makes first move

Beijing and Washington battle for tech domination with next-gen plans to launch supercomputers into orbit and transform global connectivity.

12 Dec 2025 - 11:00PMvideocam

The push to deploy AI into orbit is a strategic gambit with far-reaching consequences for national security and economic dominance. Photo: Shutterstock

How China left the US years behind in sixth-generation jet race

Experience and skill in building stealth fighter jets is crucial to get the competitive edge on rivals, says lead designer Yang Shuifeng.

12 Dec 2025 - 9:00PMvideocam

Flood expert Xu Chongyu leaves Europe for China as climate change speeds up

Scientist whose hydrological models have guarded European cities from rising tides returns to China to tackle critical water challenges.

12 Dec 2025 - 6:08PMvideocam

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Soft brain chip could help solve Neuralink’s big implant challenge

University of Hong Kong team’s discovery could help solve a major problem for bioelectronic devices, rejection by the immune system.

12 Dec 2025 - 2:52PMvideocam

3D semiconductors enable 3D spatial connections. Photo: Dreamstime/TNS

China urged to bring Japan’s Unit 731 atrocities to international court

Chinese archaeologists invoke Nuremberg in renewed call for a comparable legal reckoning for Japanese atrocities.

12 Dec 2025 - 1:31PM

WHO responds to agency chief’s alleged pledge to ‘strengthen ties’ with Taiwan

WHO denies change to Taiwan status quo after Japanese finance minister claims Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus made the comments in Tokyo.

11 Dec 2025 - 9:40PM

Should Opec worry? China joins US shale oil revolution with new fracking tech

Jimsar shale oil demonstration zone in Xinjiang has reached its annual crude output goal of 1.7 million tonnes 22 days ahead of schedule.

11 Dec 2025 - 12:00PM

China has the largest recoverable shale gas and third largest recoverable shale oil reserves in the world, according to the US Energy Information Administration. Photo: Xinhua

Former Nasa chief calls for new US approach to moon landing – much like China’s

Mike Griffin says Artemis programme ‘cannot work’ because of complex design and unproven tech, while Chinese are ‘doing the right things’.

10 Dec 2025 - 9:00PMvideocam

A former Nasa chief told Congress that the Artemis III mission and those beyond should be cancelled and the US “should start over”. Photo: TNS

Over 10 years in the making: China launches 2,000km-wide AI computing hub

Implications are revolutionary for extremely high real-time demands such as AI large model training, telemedicine, director Liu Yunjie says.

10 Dec 2025 - 5:37PMvideocam

How China pulled off a critical mineral tech revolution in just 10 months

‘Unique’ Chinese efficiency turns European firm’s vision into reality by building the world’s first large-scale silica-removal technology.

10 Dec 2025 - 6:09AM

Code talker 2025? PLA frontline troops are testing portable quantum radio devices

Breakthrough hailed for meeting ‘emergency communication needs in obstructed conditions such as valleys and dense forests’.

9 Dec 2025 - 11:00PMvideocam

The PLA’s Information Support Force takes part in a large-scale military parade in Beijing on September 3. Photo: Xinhua

China-born architect Wang Fei dies in suspected car crash in London

Tributes to the ‘distinguished architectural educator, scholar and curator’ from Syracuse University say he was killed on Monday.

9 Dec 2025 - 8:40PMvideocam

The China Academy of Art has confirmed that Wang Fei, who taught at Syracuse University in New York state, died on Monday. He was 45. Photo: Handout

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DeepSeek’s Liang Wenfeng among top 10 ‘people who shaped science in 2025’

British journal Nature’s top 10 list gives credit to the man behind the widely acclaimed, Chinese-developed R1 reasoning AI model.

9 Dec 2025 - 6:00PM

China tests super wireless rail convoy that could carry 3 Eiffel Towers

The technology that virtually links locomotives could boost the country’s freight capacity by 50 per cent, state broadcaster CCTV says.

9 Dec 2025 - 12:00PMvideocam

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Chinese team reports way to extract hypersonic weapon fuel boron from seawater

Inspired by ‘novel sustainable technology’ research, the team designs a single, powerful system using solar energy for extraction.

8 Dec 2025 - 10:00PMvideocam

Scramjet engines are among the technologies requiring boron. Chinese scientists say they have developed a method to extract boron from seawater. Photo: Getty Images

China’s lab fungus produces low-cost, meat-like protein to replace chicken farms

Genetic modification improves environmental credentials of ‘particularly promising’ substitute that outperforms poultry, study finds.

8 Dec 2025 - 5:42PMvideocam

China trials unmanned trucks on world’s highest mine, 5,600m from sea level

Lead-zinc mine in Kunlun Mountains of Xinjiang sits at an altitude surpassing the world’s highest human settlement, in the Peruvian Andes.

8 Dec 2025 - 10:27AMvideocam

China desalination tech makes fresh water cheaper than tap water – plus hydrogen

Facility in Shandong province also produces mineral-rich brine for industrial use, achieving ‘one-in, three-out’ circular economy.

8 Dec 2025 - 1:22AMvideocam

China has figured out a way to produce fresh water from seawater for just two yuan (US$0.28) per cubic metre. Photo: AFP

With one small step for AI, Chinese scientists make giant leap for humanity

Researchers give robotic arms the skill and precision of experienced surgeons, all thanks to the inspiration of a simple slip knot.

8 Dec 2025 - 12:55AMvideocam

A multidisciplinary team in China has made a breakthrough in how to achieve precise control of robotic arms in the crucial surgical steps of stitching and tying knots. Photo: Shutterstock

First ‘home cat’ reached China 1,400 years ago via Tang dynasty Silk Road

Researchers say domestic felines were originally regarded as ‘exotic’ pets and kept among the Chinese elite.

7 Dec 2025 - 10:00AMvideocam

Chinese scientists develop promising stem cell therapy for Parkinson’s

New biotech allows ‘seeds’ planted in the brain to differentiate into new nerve cells, reshaping its neural network.

7 Dec 2025 - 6:20AMvideocam

Cambridge ex-professor Nigel Slater joins China’s biotech revolution

Veteran academic to collaborate with Chinese scientists to develop next-gen cancer therapies using vaccine tech for tumour immunotherapy.

8 Dec 2025 - 3:36PMvideocam

Nigel Slater, former pro-vice-chancellor of the University of Cambridge, has officially embarked on a new chapter in China’s rapidly rising biomedical frontier after joining Zhejiang University in Hangzhou. Photo: Handout

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