https://www.scmp.com/rss/522310/feed University of California San Diego: A prominent La Jolla, California-based public land-grant research university, UC San Diego is dedicated to transforming society through education, knowledge dissemination, healthcare, and public service. Recognised as a "Public Ivy" with "very high research activity", its main areas of focus include STEM, biological sciences, and medicine. Home to the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, it is noted for its groundbreaking research, innovation, and faculty and... en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Cao Jiaxuan Cao Jiaxuan The coming summit between Chinese President Xi Jinping and his US counterpart Donald Trump offers a window to stabilise bilateral ties through trade deals, but former diplomats and business figures have urged the leaders to move beyond commerce during their talks. At a forum held by the Centre for China and Globalisation (CCG) in Beijing on Sunday, analysts and former officials called on the leaders to address issues such as healthcare, climate change, technological decoupling and AI... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3351609/why-experts-say-trade-wins-arent-enough-xi-trump-summit-may?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3351609/why-experts-say-trade-wins-arent-enough-xi-trump-summit-may?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 27 Apr 2026 22:00:18 +0000 Shi Huang Shi Huang China looks set to claim another coup in its mission to build AI talent, with one of the world’s top scholars in artificial intelligence for robots listed among PhD supervisors at a Shanghai university. Su Hao, who holds two doctorates – one in mathematics and one in computer science – has appeared on Fudan University’s faculty list as a professor in electronic information specialising in AI. The list, published on March 31, names 322 PhD supervisors appointed this year. Previously, Su was a... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3349408/one-americas-top-ai-robot-scholars-about-join-chinas-tech-talent-pool?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3349408/one-americas-top-ai-robot-scholars-about-join-chinas-tech-talent-pool?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 09 Apr 2026 04:00:08 +0000 Xinlu Liang Xinlu Liang First came the investigation in January into Qizhala, the ethnic Tibetan former chairman of the Tibet autonomous region. Then in May, it was the turn of Lan Tianli, the ethnic Zhuang chairman of the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region. In July, just as Qizhala was being expelled from the Communist Party, Liu Hui, the ethnic Hui former chairwoman of the Ningxia Hui autonomous region, came under investigation for alleged corruption. The three cadres are among just a handful of senior officials from... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3322070/big-shift-ethnic-affairs-exposed-chinas-corruption-crackdown?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3322070/big-shift-ethnic-affairs-exposed-chinas-corruption-crackdown?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 17 Aug 2025 14:00:10 +0000 Shi Huang Shi Huang Distinguished cancer expert Feng Gensheng has returned to China this month after 40 years in North America, mostly in the United States. Feng, who was promoted to distinguished professor at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) earlier this year, has joined the Shenzhen Bay Laboratory (SZBL), where he will serve as director of the Cancer Research Institute. SZBL is a research platform established by Guangdong province and the southern city of Shenzhen to build leading science and... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3321604/cancer-scientist-feng-gensheng-leaves-us-china-trump-cuts-funding?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3321604/cancer-scientist-feng-gensheng-leaves-us-china-trump-cuts-funding?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 12 Aug 2025 13:00:13 +0000 Yujie Xue,Victoria Bela,Dannie Peng Yujie Xue,Victoria Bela,Dannie Peng China, the biggest maker of batteries for electric vehicles (EVs) and energy storage, is in a leading position in the new race to develop two new technologies – sodium-ion batteries and solid-state. The new technologies hold out the promise of lower costs, higher capacity and less fire risk than traditional lithium-ion batteries, which could boost adoption of EVs and renewable energy sources. Energy-storage batteries are vital in managing fluctuating power supplies from weather-dependent solar... https://www.scmp.com/plus/article/3317638/china-plugs-next-generation-batteries?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/plus/article/3317638/china-plugs-next-generation-batteries?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 10 Jul 2025 07:00:07 +0000 Vanessa Cai,Xinlu Liang Vanessa Cai,Xinlu Liang New rules on certain Communist Party organs suggest China’s ruling party is aiming to standardise its decision-making process and that President Xi Jinping might be delegating more of his power, according to observers. The 24-member Politburo, the party’s top echelon, on Monday reviewed new rules that would apply to the various “party coordinative institutes” – organisations aimed at coordinating cross-agency policies in a specific area. Specifically, these refer to party “central commissions”... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3317101/new-communist-party-rules-hint-chinas-xi-jinping-delegating-more-power-deputies?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3317101/new-communist-party-rules-hint-chinas-xi-jinping-delegating-more-power-deputies?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 06 Jul 2025 02:00:15 +0000 Brian Rhoads,Raymond Ma Brian Rhoads,Raymond Ma Hong Kong stocks jumped 20 per cent in the first half of 2025, trouncing most other major markets, fuelled by mainland share buyers, China tech optimism and global investors looking beyond the US. The gains left the Hang Seng Index near the highest since early 2022. The mainland-focused Hang Seng China Enterprises Index similarly rallied 19 per cent through June. By comparison, shares in the US, Japan and mainland China are all up less than 5 per cent this year. European stocks have only gained... https://www.scmp.com/plus/article/3316356/hong-kong-stocks-surge-boost-trump?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/plus/article/3316356/hong-kong-stocks-surge-boost-trump?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 30 Jun 2025 09:02:00 +0000