https://www.scmp.com/rss/522419/feed Harvard University: A prominent Cambridge, Massachusetts-based private research university, Harvard is dedicated to higher education and groundbreaking academic research. Established in 1636, it is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States. Its main areas of focus span diverse disciplines, including law, medicine, business, social sciences, and engineering. Harvard is renowned for its prestigious reputation, significant contributions to knowledge across various fields, and... en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Former US Treasury secretary Larry Summers has resigned from his teaching post at Harvard University over his links to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, the Ivy League institution said on Wednesday. Summers, who ran the US Treasury under former president Bill Clinton, was revealed in the Epstein files released by the Department of Justice to have had extensive exchanges with the now-deceased financier. Clinton will testify before a congressional committee on Epstein on Friday while his... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3344654/ex-us-treasury-chief-larry-summers-quits-harvard-over-epstein-ties?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3344654/ex-us-treasury-chief-larry-summers-quits-harvard-over-epstein-ties?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 25 Feb 2026 18:51:04 +0000 Bloomberg Bloomberg Bitcoin extended a four-week slide as investors returned to a more cautious macro backdrop. The token dropped as much as 3.2 per cent to US$66,604 on Tuesday, before paring the decline. Bitcoin, which has traded like a high-beta tech proxy in recent months, mirrored an earlier move lower in US equities, but failed to keep pace when stocks edged higher. “Sentiment is clearly bleak in crypto markets,” said Noelle Acheson, author of the Crypto is Macro Now newsletter. “There is strong progress in... https://www.scmp.com/tech/blockchain/article/3343879/sentiment-bleak-bitcoin-declines-geopolitical-tensions-add-risk-mood?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/blockchain/article/3343879/sentiment-bleak-bitcoin-declines-geopolitical-tensions-add-risk-mood?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 18 Feb 2026 06:06:08 +0000 Reuters Reuters ⁠The Trump administration sued ⁠Harvard University on Friday, accusing it ⁠of failing to comply with a federal investigation and seeking documents to determine whether the university had illegally considered race in its admissions process. The move comes less than two weeks after US President Donald Trump said ‌his administration was seeking $1 billion from Harvard to settle probes into school policies, after a news report that said Trump had dropped his demand for a payment from the Ivy League... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3343544/trump-administration-sues-harvard-accusing-it-defying-investigation?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3343544/trump-administration-sues-harvard-accusing-it-defying-investigation?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 13 Feb 2026 18:20:32 +0000 Alice Yan Alice Yan The English version of a book about the popular poker-like Chinese card game Guandan has been accepted by libraries at top universities in the United States. The acceptance marks a milestone in efforts to spread knowledge about the game to the world. The Essence of Guandan, or Guandan Xin Fa in Chinese, was written by Yu Mingyang, an economics professor from the prestigious Shanghai Jiao Tong University, the Shanghai Morning Post reported. Its Chinese version was published in 2023, with the... https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/trending-china/article/3340703/book-guandan-china-poker-game-accepted-harvard-library-nations-premier-fan?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/trending-china/article/3340703/book-guandan-china-poker-game-accepted-harvard-library-nations-premier-fan?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 01 Feb 2026 06:00:09 +0000 Vincent Chow Vincent Chow Chinese artificial intelligence company DeepSeek has released the world’s first open AI model to test and score a gold medal-level performance at the annual International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO), the Hangzhou-based start-up said on Thursday. DeepSeek has made widely available its Math-V2 model, which was open-sourced on developer platforms Hugging Face and GitHub, under a permissive licence that allows users to repurpose the model. Held annually since 1959, the IMO is widely regarded as the... https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3334553/deepseek-releases-first-open-ai-model-gold-level-scores-maths-olympiad?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3334553/deepseek-releases-first-open-ai-model-gold-level-scores-maths-olympiad?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 29 Nov 2025 01:00:36 +0000 Vincenzo La Torre Vincenzo La Torre Doha, the capital of Qatar, was the epicentre of the fashion world over the weekend. The day after an award ceremony to announce the winners of the latest edition of Fashion Trust Arabia – a competition for emerging designers from the Middle East and North Africa – luminaries from the fashion, art and entertainment worlds congregated at the Museum of Islamic Art to pay homage to Franca Sozzani’s legacy at the inaugural Franca Fund Gala. When Sozzani passed away in 2016 due to a rare form of... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/fashion/fashion-news/article/3333946/vogue-italias-franca-sozzani-honoured-inaugural-franca-fund-gala-doha-anna-wintour-and-more-listers?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/fashion/fashion-news/article/3333946/vogue-italias-franca-sozzani-honoured-inaugural-franca-fund-gala-doha-anna-wintour-and-more-listers?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 24 Nov 2025 09:17:36 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press Former US Treasury secretary Larry Summers abruptly went on leave on Wednesday from teaching at Harvard University, where he once served as president, over recently released emails showing he maintained a friendly relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, Summers’ spokesperson said. Summers had been retreating from his public commitments amid the fallout of the emails revelation, but he had maintained that he would continue teaching economics classes at Harvard. Yet by Wednesday evening, Summers had... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3333457/harvard-reopens-probe-larry-summers-after-release-epstein-emails?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3333457/harvard-reopens-probe-larry-summers-after-release-epstein-emails?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 19 Nov 2025 17:44:16 +0000 Vanessa Cai Vanessa Cai As China’s global influence grows, the landscape of China studies is undergoing a profound transformation. Scholars both within China and internationally are confronting new challenges, from escalating geopolitical tensions and mutual distrust – especially between Washington and Beijing – to increasingly limited access, making research and academic collaboration more difficult than ever. Some have also urged a shift beyond Western-centric frameworks towards more field-based research and a truly... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3332865/why-china-studies-scholars-west-have-been-left-crisis-mode?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3332865/why-china-studies-scholars-west-have-been-left-crisis-mode?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 14 Nov 2025 22:00:23 +0000 Victoria Bela Victoria Bela China’s Mars orbiter Tianwen-1 has captured a rare snapshot of a mysterious interstellar visitor that has ignited debate among scientists about its origins. The object – designated 3I/Atlas – is only the third ever detected entering our solar system, and new images, released on Thursday by the China National Space Administration (CNSA), offer a closer look at the presumed comet. Tianwen-1 snapped the pictures from about 30 million km (18.6 million miles) away on October 3. The object, which was... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3331777/3i/atlas-chinas-mars-orbiter-tianwen-1-snaps-image-mysterious-interstellar-visitor?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3331777/3i/atlas-chinas-mars-orbiter-tianwen-1-snaps-image-mysterious-interstellar-visitor?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 06 Nov 2025 09:30:26 +0000 SCMP SCMP Catch up on some of SCMP’s biggest China stories of the day. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. Xi-Trump meeting ‘a historic moment’ that will help avoid missteps: Wang Yi China’s top diplomat has called the summit between Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump “a historic moment” that would help reduce misunderstanding and prevent major fluctuations in their countries’ bilateral ties. 2. Trump says he has assurances from Beijing... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3331357/xi-trump-meet-historic-moment-top-belgian-neurologist-china-scmp-daily-highlights?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3331357/xi-trump-meet-historic-moment-top-belgian-neurologist-china-scmp-daily-highlights?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 03 Nov 2025 13:15:07 +0000 Yuanyue Dang Yuanyue Dang Michael Sandel is a political philosopher and the Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor of Government at Harvard University. His course on justice was the first at Harvard to be made freely available online and has been viewed by tens of millions of people. Sandel recently received the 2025 Berggruen Prize for Philosophy and Culture, which some have described as the Nobel Prize for philosophy. In this interview, Sandel discusses the roots of Donald Trump’s rise to power, the crisis in American... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3331224/michael-sandel-donald-trumps-rise-meritocracy-and-us-china-rivalry?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3331224/michael-sandel-donald-trumps-rise-meritocracy-and-us-china-rivalry?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 02 Nov 2025 22:00:19 +0000 Yuanyue Dang Yuanyue Dang Michael Sandel is a political philosopher and the Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor of Government at Harvard University. His course on justice was the first at Harvard to be made freely available online and has been viewed by tens of millions of people. Sandel recently received the 2025 Berggruen Prize for Philosophy and Culture, which some have described as the Nobel Prize for philosophy. In this interview, Sandel discusses the roots of Donald Trump’s rise to power, the crisis in American... https://www.scmp.com/plus/article/3331010/harvards-michael-sandel-trumps-rise-meritocracys-downsides-need-dialogue?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/plus/article/3331010/harvards-michael-sandel-trumps-rise-meritocracys-downsides-need-dialogue?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 31 Oct 2025 04:35:08 +0000 Shi Huang Shi Huang Award-winning Xie Zhenfei, a Harvard University rising star in cutting-edge research aimed at an HIV vaccine, has left the US and joined China’s leading biosafety laboratory in Wuhan. Xie made headlines in May last year as first author of a landmark paper published by the journal Science that showed a way to use mRNA technology – used to develop vaccines during the Covid-19 pandemic – to develop an effective vaccine against HIV/Aids. The method addresses the main challenge to a vaccine – the... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3330745/harvard-hiv-scientist-xie-zhenfei-joins-chinas-national-virus-lab-wuhan?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3330745/harvard-hiv-scientist-xie-zhenfei-joins-chinas-national-virus-lab-wuhan?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 30 Oct 2025 04:00:10 +0000 Maria Siow Maria Siow Bangladesh’s pursuit of the death penalty against the country’s ousted former leader, Sheikh Hasina, has emerged as a key obstacle in efforts to bring her back from exile in India, with analysts saying the demand is likely to stall extradition talks and may even strengthen her bid for political asylum. The case centres on Hasina’s alleged role in a brutal crackdown on student protesters that marked the end of her 15-year rule – violence that a United Nations report said claimed 1,400 lives,... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/people/article/3329965/will-death-penalty-demand-bangladeshs-hasina-jeopardise-extradition-india?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/people/article/3329965/will-death-penalty-demand-bangladeshs-hasina-jeopardise-extradition-india?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 22 Oct 2025 11:30:36 +0000 Ling Xin Ling Xin Chinese researchers are at the forefront of developments in quantum computing, a superfast processing technology that could help to solve seemingly intractable challenges such as nuclear fusion and climate change. Origin Quantum has already used quantum computing in breast cancer mammography screening, producing high-dimensional medical imaging data “exponentially faster” than traditional computers and paring false-positive rates. The Hefei-based company has also used the technology in... https://www.scmp.com/plus/article/3329772/chinese-quantum-computer-cracks-billion-year-problems-seconds?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/plus/article/3329772/chinese-quantum-computer-cracks-billion-year-problems-seconds?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 21 Oct 2025 08:15:11 +0000 Jane Cai,Zhang Tong Jane Cai,Zhang Tong Shing-Tung Yau, one of the world’s most influential mathematicians, is chair of Tsinghua University’s Qiuzhen College, which is fast-tracking talented young students through a programme of his own design. Born in the southern province of Guangdong and educated in Hong Kong and the United States, the 76-year-old shares his ideas on science and education, key to China’s 15th five-year plan (2026-2030), which is expected to focus on the development of an innovation-driven economy. Speaking solely... https://www.scmp.com/plus/article/3328359/top-mathematician-chinas-talent-gap-role-pure-science?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/plus/article/3328359/top-mathematician-chinas-talent-gap-role-pure-science?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 09 Oct 2025 08:35:07 +0000 Shi Huang Shi Huang As China drafts its 15th five-year plan – the next entry in a line of expansive blueprints that have set the tone for the country’s development over more than seven decades – we explore what China will do in the field of science and technology, particularly regarding the introduction of scientific talent. For more stories in this ongoing series, click here. The appointment of Liu Jun, a former tenured Harvard statistician, as a “Xinghua distinguished chair professor” at Tsinghua University in... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3327579/snowball-effect-china-could-double-down-talent-build-strong-headwinds?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3327579/snowball-effect-china-could-double-down-talent-build-strong-headwinds?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 05 Oct 2025 14:15:42 +0000 Reuters Reuters US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that his administration was close to a deal with Harvard University that would include a US$500 million payment by the Ivy League institution, after months of negotiations over school policies. The administration has been wrangling with several prestigious universities, threatening to withhold federal funds over issues including pro-Palestinian protests against Israel’s war in Gaza, campus diversity and transgender policies. “We are in the process of... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3327449/trump-says-harvard-pay-us500-million-deal-administration?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3327449/trump-says-harvard-pay-us500-million-deal-administration?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 30 Sep 2025 21:08:27 +0000 Yating Yang Yating Yang An overseas PhD student who calls himself “the most frugal Chinese in Switzerland” has gone viral after revealing that he meets his protein needs by eating cat food. The student survives on meagre rations so that he can fund his medical doctorate. He even donates blood to get a free meal. Known online as “The Artful Cheapskate”, he has attracted more than 12,000 followers on social media. After graduating from medical school in China and saving 300,000 yuan (US$42,000) while working in Shanghai,... https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/trending-china/article/3325863/frugal-china-phd-student-switzerland-lives-cheap-meals-gets-protein-cat-food?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/trending-china/article/3325863/frugal-china-phd-student-switzerland-lives-cheap-meals-gets-protein-cat-food?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 24 Sep 2025 10:00:13 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse The Trump administration imposed fresh restrictions on Friday on Harvard’s access to federal funds, opening a new front in its unprecedented crackdown on the prestigious US university. The Department of Education announced in a statement that it has placed Harvard under “heightened cash monitoring (HCM) status”, saying there were “growing concerns regarding the university’s financial position”. It cited the administration’s own accusations of civil rights violations at the university as creating... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3326238/us-further-tightens-funding-screws-harvard-escalating-showdown?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3326238/us-further-tightens-funding-screws-harvard-escalating-showdown?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 20 Sep 2025 05:37:54 +0000 Lars Hamer Lars Hamer German national team rugby player Sofie Fella was sick of hearing her Chinese family say, “your legs are too big” and “your shoulders are too broad”, but rather than let those comments take hold, she made it her mission to flip the script on beauty standards. Born in Germany to a Chinese mother and a German father, Fella grew up in Shanghai and is the founder of two initiatives aimed at normalising women's size and empowering them to discuss vulnerable topics like body image. The 大 Collection,... https://www.scmp.com/sport/rugby/article/3325456/german-chinese-rugby-player-helping-women-see-strong-can-be-beautiful-and-feminine?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/rugby/article/3325456/german-chinese-rugby-player-helping-women-see-strong-can-be-beautiful-and-feminine?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 14 Sep 2025 03:16:12 +0000 Shi Huang Shi Huang When it was officially announced in late August that statistician Liu Jun had left Harvard University and joined Tsinghua University in Beijing, speculation ran rampant. Was it political tension? Research funding cuts? A backlash against Chinese academics in the US? For Liu, the answer is simple – and deeply personal. It “has nothing to do with Trump”, he said in an email to the South China Morning Post, explaining that his decision was not out of political protest or professional... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3325154/why-did-harvard-top-mathematician-liu-jun-leave-us-china?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3325154/why-did-harvard-top-mathematician-liu-jun-leave-us-china?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 11 Sep 2025 13:00:08 +0000 SCMP SCMP We have put together stories from our coverage on science from the past two weeks to help you stay informed. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. Harvard’s top mathematician Liu Jun leaves US for China Liu Jun, one of the world’s leading statisticians and a long-time professor at Harvard, has returned to China full-time, accepting a prestigious chair at Tsinghua University last month. 2. China’s ‘silent sanction’ on US semiconductors creates a weapons... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3325012/top-harvard-professor-leaves-us-china-plastic-waste-petrol-7-science-highlights?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3325012/top-harvard-professor-leaves-us-china-plastic-waste-petrol-7-science-highlights?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 10 Sep 2025 07:02:17 +0000 SCMP SCMP We have put together stories from our coverage last weekend to help you stay informed about news across Asia and beyond. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. Why homeward shift by Pentagon may signal US decline in ‘bad news’ for Taiwan 2. Harvard’s top mathematician Liu Jun leaves US for China 3. Trump suggests India is moving towards ‘deepest, darkest’ China orbit 4. Is Singapore embracing Hokkien and other Chinese dialects again? 5. T8 signal... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/3324699/harvard-professor-returns-china-hong-kong-braces-tapah-5-weekend-reads-you-missed?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/3324699/harvard-professor-returns-china-hong-kong-braces-tapah-5-weekend-reads-you-missed?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 08 Sep 2025 04:38:04 +0000 Shi Huang Shi Huang Liu Jun, one of the world’s leading statisticians and a long-time professor at Harvard, has returned to China full-time, accepting a prestigious chair at Tsinghua University last month. The move marks the homecoming of an academic whose career has spanned research in data science, biostatistics and artificial intelligence – and whose early life reflected the complex interplay between intellectual pursuit and political engagement. In 1988, Liu Jun transferred from Rutgers University in New Jersey... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3324637/top-harvard-mathematician-liu-jun-leaves-us-china?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3324637/top-harvard-mathematician-liu-jun-leaves-us-china?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 07 Sep 2025 10:00:12 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press A federal judge in Boston on Wednesday ordered the reversal of the Trump administration’s cuts to more than US$2.6 billion in funding for research grants for Harvard University. US District Judge Allison Burroughs sided with the Ivy League school, ruling the cuts amounted to illegal retaliation for Harvard’s rejection of White House demands for changes to its governance and policies. The ruling delivers a significant victory to Harvard in its battle with the Trump administration, which has also... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3324254/harvard-scores-big-win-over-trump-us-judge-overturns-billions-funding-cuts?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3324254/harvard-scores-big-win-over-trump-us-judge-overturns-billions-funding-cuts?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 03 Sep 2025 21:28:36 +0000 Julie Zhang Julie Zhang Shenzhen-based XtalPi posted a 615 per cent surge in first-half revenue from its drug-discovery business following a blockbuster deal that highlighted China’s growing importance as a source of biotechnology innovation for the global pharmaceutical industry. Revenue from drug discovery soared to 435 million yuan (US$61 million) in the first half after the company collected the first US$51 million from an August agreement with US-based DoveTree, according to its earnings announcement on Wednesday.... https://www.scmp.com/business/banking-finance/article/3323467/xtalpis-615-jump-drug-revenue-highlights-chinas-biotech-boom-after-dovetree-deal?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/banking-finance/article/3323467/xtalpis-615-jump-drug-revenue-highlights-chinas-biotech-boom-after-dovetree-deal?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 28 Aug 2025 07:00:54 +0000 Dewey Sim Dewey Sim Da Wei is director of Tsinghua University’s Centre for International Security and Strategy in Beijing. His research focuses on China-US relations and US security and foreign policy. In this interview, he discusses the prospects for a trade deal between Beijing and Washington and examines China’s role on the global stage in light of America’s current foreign policy. This interview first appeared in SCMP Plus. For other interviews in the Open Questions series, click here. China and the United... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3322980/ignorance-and-neglect-mark-flawed-us-policy-race-china-da-wei?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3322980/ignorance-and-neglect-mark-flawed-us-policy-race-china-da-wei?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 24 Aug 2025 22:00:09 +0000 Reuters Reuters Astronomers have observed the calamitous result of a star that picked the wrong dance partner. They have documented what appears to be a new type of supernova, as stellar explosions are known, that occurred when a massive star tried to swallow a black hole with which it had engaged in a lengthy pas de deux. The star, which was at least 10 times as massive as our sun, and the black hole, which had a similar mass, were gravitationally bound to one another in what is called a binary system. But as... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3321911/new-type-supernova-detected-black-hole-causes-star-explode?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3321911/new-type-supernova-detected-black-hole-causes-star-explode?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 14 Aug 2025 18:01:05 +0000 Bloomberg Bloomberg Harvard University has signalled it is willing to pay US$500 million for workforce training programmes as part of a settlement with the White House to restore more than US$2 billion in frozen federal funds, according to a person familiar with the negotiations. The administration is open to Harvard and other colleges paying penalties in the form of contributions to workforce training programmes, the person said. Last month, Brown University agreed to pay US$50 million over ten years for such... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3321663/harvard-mulls-paying-us500-million-job-training-scheme-end-trump-feud?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3321663/harvard-mulls-paying-us500-million-job-training-scheme-end-trump-feud?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 13 Aug 2025 04:30:08 +0000 Eric Ng Eric Ng Shares of Shenzhen-based AI-powered drug researcher XTalPi jumped as much as 23 per cent after it signed a US$6 billion deal with a firm founded by a Harvard University chemist with a reputation as a serial biotech entrepreneur. DoveTree, established by professor Gregory Verdine, signed a definitive collaboration agreement in late June with XTalPi, the Chinese company said in a filing with Hong Kong’s bourse on Tuesday. Harvard describes Verdine as a “pioneer in chemical biology and a... https://www.scmp.com/business/article/3320904/chinas-ai-powered-drug-firm-xtalpi-surges-us6-billion-deal-harvard-entrepreneur?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/article/3320904/chinas-ai-powered-drug-firm-xtalpi-surges-us6-billion-deal-harvard-entrepreneur?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 06 Aug 2025 04:35:21 +0000 Barry Zellen Barry Zellen A report and interactive map from Harvard University’s Belfer Centre for Science and International Affairs, “Cutting Through Narratives on Chinese Arctic Investments”, published last month and co-authored by an international team of scholars argues that China’s presence in the Arctic has been exaggerated by numerous analysts and commentators. This much-needed breath of fresh air generated a healthy – if short-lived and industry- and geographically concentrated – rise in scepticism of the... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3318160/chinas-engagement-arctic-part-and-parcel-being-global-power?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3318160/chinas-engagement-arctic-part-and-parcel-being-global-power?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 16 Jul 2025 08:30:08 +0000 Anthony Rowley Anthony Rowley With a few honourable exceptions, such as in the cases of Japan and China, political and business leaders seem desperate to appease US President Donald Trump over his many trade demands. More worrying is that multilateral financial institutions also seem to be running scared of his bullying tactics. From the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank downwards – or perhaps “outwards” would be a better term – these institutions appear to be falling down on the job when it comes to... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3316816/multilateral-banks-must-raise-alarm-trumps-actions-more-clearly?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3316816/multilateral-banks-must-raise-alarm-trumps-actions-more-clearly?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 05 Jul 2025 08:30:10 +0000 Wee Kek Koon Wee Kek Koon Foreigners who are thinking of enrolling in American universities are having second thoughts or cancelling their plans outright following President Donald Trump’s attempts to cut funding to Harvard University and block it from enrolling foreign students. A few months ago, my nephew, an undergraduate at the National University of Singapore, was considering applying to an American university for his exchange programme in 2026. Now, he is looking at universities in the United Kingdom, Australia and... https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/chinese-culture/article/3315906/unlike-trump-ancient-china-embraced-foreign-students-and-even-made-exams-easier-them?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/chinese-culture/article/3315906/unlike-trump-ancient-china-embraced-foreign-students-and-even-made-exams-easier-them?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 28 Jun 2025 00:45:08 +0000 Bernard Chan Bernard Chan In today’s political climate, perception often matters as much as, if not more than, policy results. This is particularly clear in the United States under Donald Trump’s presidency. Whether one supports him, Trump’s skill in shaping the narrative and rallying support has changed modern politics, even when his proposals are unrealistic or unattainable. Consider Trump’s earlier proposal to impose a 145 per cent tariff on Chinese imports. Economists universally dismissed the idea as unfeasible.... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/hong-kong-opinion/article/3315814/us-hong-kong-governance-divided-world-ever-more-complex?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/hong-kong-opinion/article/3315814/us-hong-kong-governance-divided-world-ever-more-complex?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 27 Jun 2025 01:30:09 +0000 Vivian Au Vivian Au Hong Kong’s eight public universities have received about 850 transfer inquiries related to “sudden policy changes” affecting overseas higher education amid the Trump administration’s hostile stance towards foreign enrolments, according to the government. Authorities revealed the number of inquiries submitted so far following a meeting between university heads and the government’s Committee on Education, Technology and Talents on Thursday. Last month, the United States said that international... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3316011/hong-kong-public-universities-get-850-transfer-inquiries-amid-hostile-us-policies?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3316011/hong-kong-public-universities-get-850-transfer-inquiries-amid-hostile-us-policies?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 27 Jun 2025 01:03:21 +0000 SCMP SCMP Catch up on some of SCMP’s biggest China stories of the day. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. China moving ‘breathtakingly fast’ in space military tech: US general China is moving “breathtakingly fast” in space military technologies and posing strategic threats to the United States, America’s top space force official said on Tuesday. 2. US-China trade deal is near, expert says: ‘they are going to stabilise this’ The United States and China could... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3315948/chinas-space-military-tech-threat-trade-deal-progress-clues-scmp-daily-highlights?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3315948/chinas-space-military-tech-threat-trade-deal-progress-clues-scmp-daily-highlights?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 26 Jun 2025 13:15:07 +0000 Dewey Sim Dewey Sim The United States and China could reach a trade agreement as early as next week, according to a Harvard scholar, who has offered clues on the state of negotiations just over a month after the rival economies agreed to a trade truce. “We’re all sitting on the edge of our seats, waiting to see what comes out of the ongoing conversations between the two governments, but you can be sure they’re very intense currently,” Graham Allison, founding dean of Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3315914/us-china-trade-deal-near-harvard-scholar-hints-progress-very-intense-talks?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3315914/us-china-trade-deal-near-harvard-scholar-hints-progress-very-intense-talks?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 26 Jun 2025 08:01:57 +0000