https://www.scmp.com/rss/522564/feed Shanghai University (SHU) is a prominent public comprehensive research university located in Shanghai, China. Established in 1922 and re-established in 1994, it is a "Project 211" and "Double First-Class Construction" institution. Its mission is to educate talents, promote human civilisation, and conduct advanced research. SHU offers a broad spectrum of disciplines, including science, engineering, humanities, and economics, with several fields ranking in the top 1% globally. Recognised for its... en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Chao Kong Chao Kong For decades, publishing a paper in Nature was regarded as the ultimate academic achievement in China – a fast track to promotions, research grants, hospital appointments and elite national talent programmes. But a growing wave of academic fraud allegations could be turning that prestige into a liability. Over the past two months, Chinese social media platforms have been flooded with accusations targeting papers published in Nature and its subsidiaries, including Nature Cancer, Nature Cell... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3354318/will-string-science-scandals-ruin-century-old-journal-natures-reputation-china?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3354318/will-string-science-scandals-ruin-century-old-journal-natures-reputation-china?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 22 May 2026 10:00:08 +0000 Alice Li Alice Li China’s rapid technological gains and aggressive pricing are making it increasingly difficult for South Korean firms to find profitable areas of industrial synergy with their Chinese counterparts, according to experts. Speakers at a recent forum in Beijing urged firms from both countries to pivot towards building more interdependent ecosystems in high-growth sectors such as batteries and artificial intelligence, while also calling for the advancement of negotiations towards an upgraded... https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3352913/how-chinas-sharper-tech-edge-forces-south-korea-rethink-decades-industrial-ties?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3352913/how-chinas-sharper-tech-edge-forces-south-korea-rethink-decades-industrial-ties?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 08 May 2026 10:30:13 +0000 Shi Huang Shi Huang Thalassaemia is the world’s most common genetic blood disorder. China currently has 30 million thalassaemia gene carriers, while the global total reaches 350 million. Patient with severe thalassaemia could confront a stark reality: regular blood transfusions, potential organ transplants, and even the risk of premature death. If two carriers of the gene marry, their children have a 25 per cent chance of developing the disease. China’s latest original therapy, which integrates gene editing and... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3351284/chinas-thalassaemia-jab-raises-hope-common-inherited-blood-disorder?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3351284/chinas-thalassaemia-jab-raises-hope-common-inherited-blood-disorder?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 28 Apr 2026 07:31:25 +0000 Minxiao Chang Minxiao Chang DeepSeek has slashed prices on its artificial intelligence models, including its latest V4 which now costs 97 per cent less than OpenAI products, potentially triggering a price war in the highly competitive AI market. DeepSeek said on Sunday that it would reduce prices for “input cache hits” – where previously processed context was reused – for application programming interface (API) users to one-tenth of the original level, bringing the minimum input cost down to about US$0.14 per million... https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3351595/chinas-deepseek-prices-new-v4-ai-model-97-below-openais-gpt-55?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3351595/chinas-deepseek-prices-new-v4-ai-model-97-below-openais-gpt-55?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 27 Apr 2026 22:00:15 +0000 Jane Cai Jane Cai “I can’t wait to watch the game – it’s Lion’s Head Meatballs versus Hairy Crab!” Liu Jieling, a 42-year-old company executive from Suzhou, joked about a derby clash pitting a side inspired by her city’s signature crustacean cuisine against one by Yangzhou’s steamed meatballs. The 2026 season of the Jiangsu City Football League – popularly known as the Su Super League – kicks off on Saturday, and the amateur tournament in Jiangsu, a province in eastern China, is already generating huge buzz... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3349732/winners-chinas-growing-intercity-football-rivalries-may-surprise-you?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3349732/winners-chinas-growing-intercity-football-rivalries-may-surprise-you?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 11 Apr 2026 08:00:17 +0000 William Zheng William Zheng The surge in US service members in the Middle East suggests the Iran war could become a protracted, low-intensity conflict as Donald Trump eyes a trip to China in May, Chinese military analysts say. The deployment of elite forces and the US president’s recent tactics in Venezuela indicated Washington was highly aware of and seeking to avoid a costly drawn-out war like Vietnam, the observers added. On Sunday, The New York Times and The Washington Post reported that several hundred US Army Rangers... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3348428/why-donald-trump-needs-short-term-win-iran-he-visits-xi-jinping-china?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3348428/why-donald-trump-needs-short-term-win-iran-he-visits-xi-jinping-china?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 30 Mar 2026 13:30:08 +0000 Xinlu Liang Xinlu Liang As one of the biggest targets of wartime looting in centuries past, China is now positioning itself as a global pioneer in repatriating lost cultural artefacts. In this article, the second in a two-part series, Xinlu Liang looks at how China is wielding law, diplomacy and a Global South coalition to rewrite the rules of restitution, filling a void left by a retreating US. In January, as the United States was withdrawing from a raft of heritage and science bodies around the world, China was... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3348243/how-china-stepping-cultural-repatriation-void-left-retreating-us?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3348243/how-china-stepping-cultural-repatriation-void-left-retreating-us?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 28 Mar 2026 22:00:13 +0000 Amber Wang,Alcott Wei Amber Wang,Alcott Wei The Chinese defence minister has signalled strategic caution with his call for the country to “shape” a stable environment for Beijing’s broader political and diplomatic agenda, according to analysts. Dong Jun made the call on Friday during a group discussion involving military and armed police lawmakers at the country’s annual legislative gathering in Beijing. According to meeting minutes released to the media, Dong stressed four times in his fewer than 400-word remarks that the military’s... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3346113/stability-comes-first-chinese-defence-chief-signals-beijings-strategic-caution?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3346113/stability-comes-first-chinese-defence-chief-signals-beijings-strategic-caution?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 10 Mar 2026 10:00:32 +0000 Alyssa Chen Alyssa Chen Nearly five decades ago, in 1978, a dozen or so professors from Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) were on a mission to visit their American counterparts as well as research institutes and factories across the United States. The visit, said to be personally approved by then Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping, was designed to forge academic ties and led to sister-school agreements with four prestigious US universities, including the University of Michigan (UM). It was a pivotal moment in academic... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3345807/us-universities-retreat-china-partnerships-who-filling-academic-void?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3345807/us-universities-retreat-china-partnerships-who-filling-academic-void?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 07 Mar 2026 22:00:11 +0000 Laura Zhou Laura Zhou The Chilean government has turned down a request from a Chinese military hospital ship to treat Chilean residents on board the vessel. The decision reflects Santiago’s tilt towards Washington and US efforts to exert more influence in the western hemisphere, according to a Chinese academic. The Chilean Ministry of Health said on Friday that it had reviewed the Silk Road Ark’s request and decided not to grant it, citing a health code that restricts such services to professionals accredited ‌in the... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3344972/why-wont-chile-let-chinas-silk-road-ark-military-hospital-ship-give-medical-aid?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3344972/why-wont-chile-let-chinas-silk-road-ark-military-hospital-ship-give-medical-aid?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 28 Feb 2026 10:00:30 +0000 Lawrence Chung,William Zheng Lawrence Chung,William Zheng Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s sweeping victory in Sunday’s snap election has sounded alarm bells in Beijing, which is wary that closer ties between Tokyo and Taipei could complicate its long-term objective of reunifying Taiwan. Beijing’s annual work conference on Taiwan affairs, held on Monday and Tuesday, came just after Japan’s lower-house election, in which Takaichi’s party secured a two-thirds supermajority. At the event, Wang Huning, the Communist Party’s fourth-ranked leader,... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3343095/how-sanae-takaichis-big-win-japan-may-complicate-beijings-taiwan-policy?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3343095/how-sanae-takaichis-big-win-japan-may-complicate-beijings-taiwan-policy?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 11 Feb 2026 01:00:17 +0000 Amber Wang Amber Wang The PLA Navy hospital ship Silk Road Ark arrived at the Uruguayan port of Montevideo last Tuesday for a four-day technical stop. The port call, as reported by China’s state news agency Xinhua, marked the first visit by a Chinese naval vessel to Uruguay – which sits between South America’s two biggest economies, Brazil and Argentina. Analysts said the inaugural visit signalled that Beijing’s efforts to expand its military exchanges in the western hemisphere were unaffected by America’s military... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3341146/what-does-chinas-first-naval-visit-uruguay-say-about-its-latin-american-ambitions?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3341146/what-does-chinas-first-naval-visit-uruguay-say-about-its-latin-american-ambitions?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 25 Jan 2026 13:00:09 +0000 Dannie Peng Dannie Peng A joint Chinese-US research team says it has developed a new semiconductor manufacturing method that it says could “open up entirely new avenues” to develop high-performance light-emitting and integrated devices. The process would surpass conventional lithography machines, which are the main way today of making the semiconductors used in most electronics. When a lithography machine etches a chip circuit, the laser strikes the material vertically. If light goes sideways, it causes uncontrolled... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3341149/china-us-teams-feat-could-open-entirely-new-avenues-semiconductors?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3341149/china-us-teams-feat-could-open-entirely-new-avenues-semiconductors?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 25 Jan 2026 12:00:10 +0000 Cao Jiaxuan Cao Jiaxuan Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said it all in a phone call to his Iranian counterpart, Abbas Araghchi, last week. With Tehran in turmoil and Washington threatening to intervene, Wang was holding Beijing’s long-standing line. “[China] opposes the use or threat of force in international relations, opposes imposing one’s own will on others and opposes a return of the world to the law of the jungle,” he said, adding that Beijing was willing to play a “constructive role” in resolving differences... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3340787/why-china-playing-long-game-iran-despite-trumps-fresh-threats?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3340787/why-china-playing-long-game-iran-despite-trumps-fresh-threats?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 22 Jan 2026 11:00:10 +0000 Carol Yang Carol Yang Even as global trade weathered extreme volatility in 2025, China is pressing ahead with port expansions, building bigger and more strategically positioned hubs to secure its trade future. In the first 11 months of 2025, China’s foreign trade container throughput jumped 9.5 per cent, year on year, to 320 million 20-foot equivalent units (TEU), contributing to a record US$1.19 trillion trade surplus for the full year, according to official data. Major ports helped drive the records. Shanghai, for... https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3340306/harbouring-ambitions-chinas-port-giants-make-waves-record-growth?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3340306/harbouring-ambitions-chinas-port-giants-make-waves-record-growth?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 19 Jan 2026 05:30:10 +0000 Xinlu Liang Xinlu Liang Chinese researchers and Japanese activists have renewed calls for Japan to return a Tang dynasty relic looted over 120 years ago. The effort to recover the Tang Honglu Well Stele comes amid rising regional tensions and Beijing’s ongoing national campaign to reclaim cultural heritage. Shanghai University’s Research Centre for Chinese Relics Overseas and Japanese cultural groups issued a joint declaration on Friday urging Tokyo to “correct historical errors” and return the stone monument, Chinese... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3340263/chinese-japanese-groups-issue-joint-call-japan-return-tang-dynasty-stele?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3340263/chinese-japanese-groups-issue-joint-call-japan-return-tang-dynasty-stele?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 17 Jan 2026 12:30:09 +0000 Liu Zhen,Zhao Ziwen Liu Zhen,Zhao Ziwen The extreme precision of the US in its Venezuelan operation shows why nations must be able to execute a complex special surgical strike, according to analysts who said China had long pursued the capability but had yet to master it. In a complex joint endeavour integrating its air force, navy, intelligence agencies and space and cyber units, the US military’s elite Delta Force special mission unit completed its precision raid in Caracas – from infiltration to exfiltration – in less than three... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3339503/could-china-execute-special-forces-operation-us-precision-maduro-abduction?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3339503/could-china-execute-special-forces-operation-us-precision-maduro-abduction?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 11 Jan 2026 14:00:11 +0000 Cao Jiaxuan Cao Jiaxuan Last weekend’s US raid on Venezuela has shone a spotlight on the wider strategic concerns in play in South America, including the US-China rivalry in countries such as Peru. The country is a key hub for mineral exports to Asian markets, but it has tried to maintain a balance between Beijing and Washington. China has funded a strategically important port on Peru’s Pacific coast, but it has remained “broadly aligned” with US interests, according to analysts. Washington also regards it as part of... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3339392/can-peru-keep-both-china-and-us-onside-increasingly-volatile-environment?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3339392/can-peru-keep-both-china-and-us-onside-increasingly-volatile-environment?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 11 Jan 2026 03:54:35 +0000 Holly Chik Holly Chik China has developed smart power grid technology that cuts blackout recovery time to a 10th of a second, according to state media, which said the innovation was expected to play a bigger role in ensuring the safe and stable distribution of electricity worldwide. The grid protection technology enables power grid faults to be isolated and restored within a hundred-millisecond window, compared with the hours otherwise required, according to a Science and Technology Daily report on Tuesday. It also... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3339077/china-sends-01-second-blackout-recovery-technology-protect-power-grids-12-nations?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3339077/china-sends-01-second-blackout-recovery-technology-protect-power-grids-12-nations?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 08 Jan 2026 03:00:10 +0000 Sylvia Ma,Kandy Wong Sylvia Ma,Kandy Wong Recent data on China’s external accounts presents a conundrum: while the country’s trade surplus has broken records, surpassing the US$1 trillion benchmark in the first 11 months of the year, growth in its official foreign exchange reserves has lagged. This seeming paradox prompts a question – where did the money go? Analysts said the gap reflects how much of the surplus has flowed back overseas through asset investment, largely made by private-sector players, leaving China’s external accounts... https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3338034/china-has-logged-us1-trillion-trade-surplus-where-all-money-going?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3338034/china-has-logged-us1-trillion-trade-surplus-where-all-money-going?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 29 Dec 2025 13:00:10 +0000 Dannie Peng Dannie Peng Female sacrifice in China dates back thousands of years earlier than previously believed, a study of ancient DNA has revealed. Evidence from elite burials at a large Stone Age settlement in northwestern China also suggests the existence of an early hierarchical society, with gender preference relating to the type of sacrificial ritual, according to the Chinese archaeologists and anthropologists behind the study. Shimao, located in the Yellow River valley in Shaanxi province, is one of the... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3334599/ancient-chinese-dna-shows-gender-bias-human-sacrifice-ritual-4000-years-ago?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3334599/ancient-chinese-dna-shows-gender-bias-human-sacrifice-ritual-4000-years-ago?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 29 Nov 2025 04:00:15 +0000 Xinyi Wu Xinyi Wu As China rapidly ages, the senior-care sector is poised to become a significant source of job creation. Yet, enthusiasm among the nation’s young workforce remains lukewarm. The care-services industry, including care for elderly residents, is projected to generate millions of jobs and become a driver of household consumption in the years to come, as national demographics shift towards an older population, according to He Dan, director of the China Population and Development Research Centre under... https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3333979/chinas-senior-care-sector-promising-job-growth-clashes-young-workers-reluctance?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3333979/chinas-senior-care-sector-promising-job-growth-clashes-young-workers-reluctance?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 24 Nov 2025 13:30:09 +0000 Victoria Bela Victoria Bela Chinese scientists have reduced the production time of dielectric energy storage capacitor components to just one second, enabling scalable, temperature-stable storage for hybrid electric vehicles, radar systems and high-power lasers. Unlike other methods that can take from three minutes to an hour depending on the product quality, the team’s flash annealing technique heats and cools at a rate of 1,000 degrees Celsius per second, allowing for rapid synthesis of crystal films on a silicon wafer... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3333662/1-hour-1-second-chinese-team-slashes-laser-weapon-and-ev-part-production-time?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3333662/1-hour-1-second-chinese-team-slashes-laser-weapon-and-ev-part-production-time?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 23 Nov 2025 12:00:10 +0000 Victoria Bela Victoria Bela The potential cancer-fighting effects of the antioxidant quercetin – found in a variety of foods including onions, apples and durian – are partly dependent on the presence of microbes in our gut, a Chinese research team has found. Quercetin has shown promise in preventing tumour metastasis and growth in various studies, though the exact mechanism behind how the compound may inhibit cancer growth remains elusive. Through experiments in mice, the team from Shandong University found that a... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3333105/can-apples-help-fight-cancer-only-if-they-team-gut-agent-chinese-team-finds?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3333105/can-apples-help-fight-cancer-only-if-they-team-gut-agent-chinese-team-finds?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 23 Nov 2025 10:00:10 +0000 Mandy Zuo Mandy Zuo China is preparing for an unprecedented wave of new university graduates next summer – a record 12.7 million outgoing students – intensifying pressure on an already strained job market and a slowing economy. The 2026 cohort will be about 4 per cent larger than the 12.22 million graduates in 2025 – an additional 480,000 young people competing for jobs, according to the Ministry of Education. It announced the figures on Thursday, as it launched new campaigns to ensure sufficient opportunities. The... https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3333652/china-braces-record-127-million-graduates-entering-tight-job-market-2026?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3333652/china-braces-record-127-million-graduates-entering-tight-job-market-2026?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 21 Nov 2025 07:00:08 +0000 Daniel Ren Daniel Ren Lower rents improved occupancy rates in Shanghai’s premium office market as the city reported solid economic growth, but most companies remained cost-conscious amid a cloudy economic outlook and expectations for bigger discounts, according to JLL. Discounts attracted corporate tenants in the quarter ended September, prompting relocations from business parks and suburban areas to grade-A office buildings, the property firm said. “As the rental disparity between grade-A and grade-B properties... https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/3332972/shanghai-premium-office-market-picks-rent-discounts-encourage-upgrades?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/3332972/shanghai-premium-office-market-picks-rent-discounts-encourage-upgrades?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 17 Nov 2025 01:30:11 +0000 Josh Ball Josh Ball Kuang Yang never imagined he would be standing on top of the National Games podium with a gold medal around his neck, having spent four days outduelling some of the best golfers China has to offer. And the 20-year-old from Zhejiang did not just sneak across the line either; he led from start to finish at Hong Kong Golf Club, ending his wire-to-wire victory four shots clear of Shanghai University of Sport’s Chai Bowen, who took silver, and bronze medallist Wu Ashun of Shanghai, who has won... https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3332996/national-games-kuang-yang-goes-wire-wire-win-golf-gold-hong-kong-team-fall-short?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/golf/article/3332996/national-games-kuang-yang-goes-wire-wire-win-golf-gold-hong-kong-team-fall-short?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 16 Nov 2025 13:37:58 +0000 Zhang Tong Zhang Tong Chinese scientists have identified micron-sized grains of “iron rust” in lunar soil samples brought back by the Chang’e-6 mission last year. This finding challenges the traditional understanding of the moon’s surface chemistry and offers new clues to explain lunar magnetic anomalies. The results were published on Friday in the peer-reviewed journal Science Advances. A research team from Shandong University, in collaboration with the Institute of Geochemistry of the Chinese Academy of Sciences... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3332987/chinese-team-finds-iron-rust-lunar-soil-challenging-old-ideas-about-moons-surface?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3332987/chinese-team-finds-iron-rust-lunar-soil-challenging-old-ideas-about-moons-surface?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 16 Nov 2025 11:10:46 +0000 Luna Sun,Frank Chen Luna Sun,Frank Chen As China’s youth continue to struggle to find jobs suited to their skills and background, some enterprising hopefuls are making use of an unorthodox channel to unearth new opportunities: the country’s sprawling trade fairs and expos. Discouraged by the limited openings at both domestic and foreign firms, many jobseekers view these events – often the largest of their kind – as chances to network, explore new industries and even pick up temporary positions as expo employees. “I go to these expos... https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3332500/fair-wages-chinas-young-jobseekers-take-their-resumes-trade-expos?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3332500/fair-wages-chinas-young-jobseekers-take-their-resumes-trade-expos?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 13 Nov 2025 03:00:08 +0000 Sylvia Ma Sylvia Ma Restoring confidence and stabilising the property market are “significantly more important” for China than the ramifications of tariffs, a Nobel laureate in economics said while warning of financial risks to Chinese households. Michael Spence, who won the Nobel Prize in 2001, made the remarks at the Hongqiao International Economic Forum in Shanghai on Thursday, during a panel discussion on China’s pathway to revitalise consumption. While acknowledging that Beijing needs to “seriously” address... https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3331956/nobel-laureate-spence-china-fix-property-restore-confidence-tariffs-are-secondary?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3331956/nobel-laureate-spence-china-fix-property-restore-confidence-tariffs-are-secondary?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 08 Nov 2025 01:00:25 +0000 Daniel Ren Daniel Ren Relaxed visa rules, arts and cultural events, alongside landmark tourist destinations, have become new drivers for Shanghai’s economy as a surge in inbound travellers bolsters retail sales. The financial and commercial hub of mainland China attracted 5.5 million overseas tourists between January and August, up 37 per cent year on year, offering a much-needed boost to the city’s gross domestic product (GDP), which outpaced national growth for the first time in nearly a decade. Zhang Yina,... https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/3330709/how-shanghai-leverages-arts-and-events-fuel-tourism-and-power-economic-growth?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/3330709/how-shanghai-leverages-arts-and-events-fuel-tourism-and-power-economic-growth?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 29 Oct 2025 04:30:08 +0000 Alyssa Chen Alyssa Chen For the first time in more than a decade, Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit South Korea next week, travelling to the historic city of Gyeongju for talks with South Korean President Lee Jae-myung as well as to attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) summit. While the trip carries limited expectations for immediate breakthroughs, it is seen as a carefully calibrated step towards resetting strained China-South Korea ties, according to experts. Xi’s last visit in 2014, at the... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3330223/beyond-apec-xis-south-korea-visit-signals-symbolic-restart-strained-ties-experts?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3330223/beyond-apec-xis-south-korea-visit-signals-symbolic-restart-strained-ties-experts?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 25 Oct 2025 03:00:12 +0000 Victoria Bela Victoria Bela Scientists in China and Britain have found that the far side of the moon is not only visually different from the near side, but it may also be colder. The team made the discovery after analysing the first-ever rock samples returned to Earth from the moon’s far side, retrieved during China’s Chang’e-6 mission last year. By comparing the samples with those taken from the near side, they revealed a thermal asymmetry between the two sides of the moon, with the minerals from the far side appearing to... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3327763/chinas-change-6-samples-reveal-moons-two-faced-temperatures?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3327763/chinas-change-6-samples-reveal-moons-two-faced-temperatures?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 04 Oct 2025 10:00:14 +0000 Lee Seung-ku Lee Seung-ku In a sunlit flat in southern Seoul, 25-year-old Cho Sang-hun sits before a glowing laptop, his future scrolling past in endless columns of job listings. He is the product of South Korea’s finest schools, but as he weighs his future options uncertainty clouds his career search – as it does for the millions of young people across Asia who are quietly rewriting the rules of ambition. “I can’t just go anywhere,” Cho said. “I have to comprehensively judge what job best suits me.” Cho speaks with the... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/lifestyle-culture/article/3327814/asias-gen-z-rejects-rat-race-chinas-let-it-rot-just-rested-koreans?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/lifestyle-culture/article/3327814/asias-gen-z-rejects-rat-race-chinas-let-it-rot-just-rested-koreans?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 04 Oct 2025 00:00:16 +0000 Maria Siow Maria Siow India is expected to continue developing a key port in Iran due to its strategic value as a trade gateway to Central Asia and the Middle East, despite the project facing the threat of imminent US sanctions, according to analysts. Washington’s revocation of a waiver on sanctions for the Chabahar port may lead to delays in construction and investments, as well as complicate India’s efforts to boost trade with Afghanistan and beyond, forcing it to rely again on overland routes through its... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3327020/indias-look-west-policy-anchored-iranian-port-under-threat?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3327020/indias-look-west-policy-anchored-iranian-port-under-threat?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 28 Sep 2025 09:00:11 +0000 David Tingxuan Zhang David Tingxuan Zhang This summer brought an unusual challenge to China’s higher education system: some universities couldn’t find enough students. In provinces like Guangxi, Guangdong and Shandong, dozens of private universities fell short of their enrolment targets. Many lowered entry standards to fill classrooms, yet some still had thousands of empty seats as the autumn semester began. Some public universities, in places from Yunnan to Henan and Shandong, are also facing the same challenge. The sight is jarring.... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3326526/beijing-must-act-ensure-university-degree-worth-its-costs?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3326526/beijing-must-act-ensure-university-degree-worth-its-costs?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 26 Sep 2025 01:30:10 +0000 Luna Sun Luna Sun 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 examine how these documents inform and reflect high-level policy priorities, what to expect in the coming iteration and whether it will expand on existing initiatives to boost domestic consumption. For more stories in this ongoing series, click here. Five years ago, Joe Zhang was a high-flying analyst at a Beijing-based... https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3326644/eating-old-savings-can-chinas-15th-5-year-plan-be-panacea-spending-woes?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3326644/eating-old-savings-can-chinas-15th-5-year-plan-be-panacea-spending-woes?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 24 Sep 2025 22:00:42 +0000 Shi Huang Shi Huang Malaysian-born scientist Tiow-Gan Ong, known for his pioneering work on carbon molecules and a long-time advocate of Taiwan’s open academic environment and talent retention, is embarking on a new chapter in Shenzhen. After nearly two decades of research and teaching in Taiwan, Ong this month joined the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen. He was previously a researcher at the Institute of Chemistry, Academia Sinica in Taiwan. Ong also held joint appointments as a professor at National... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3326626/taiwans-top-chemist-tiow-gan-ong-leaves-taipei-shenzhen?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3326626/taiwans-top-chemist-tiow-gan-ong-leaves-taipei-shenzhen?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 24 Sep 2025 04:00:55 +0000 Alcott Wei,Seong Hyeon Choi Alcott Wei,Seong Hyeon Choi The successful launch of fighter jets from China’s most advanced aircraft carrier signals the country’s enhanced military influence in the western Pacific, analysts have said. The J-15T fighter jet, the fifth-generation J-35 stealth fighter and the airborne early warning aircraft KJ-600 successfully completed catapult launches and arresting gear landing tests aboard the Fujian, state broadcaster CCTV reported on Monday. The Fujian is China’s first fully domestically designed aircraft carrier and... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3326581/fujian-aircraft-carrier-launches-show-china-gaining-ground-western-pacific-analysts?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3326581/fujian-aircraft-carrier-launches-show-china-gaining-ground-western-pacific-analysts?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 23 Sep 2025 12:14:28 +0000 Mandy Zuo Mandy Zuo 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 examine how these documents inform and reflect high-level policy priorities, what to expect in the coming iteration and why Beijing has continued this tradition after the seismic economic changes of the reform era. For more stories in this ongoing series, click here. “Plans can’t keep up with changes,” the Chinese... https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3326401/why-chinas-five-year-plan-matters-and-how-it-could-steer-economy-turbulent-times?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3326401/why-chinas-five-year-plan-matters-and-how-it-could-steer-economy-turbulent-times?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 22 Sep 2025 22:00:08 +0000 Victoria Bela Victoria Bela Chinese scientists have developed a detection algorithm for special oceanic features that serve as biodiversity hotspots, offering a possible breakthrough to help fishermen and researchers find prime fishing grounds. The team’s dataset and detection algorithm on global ocean fronts – boundaries at which two distinct bodies of water meet – could have broad applications in oceanography, ecology and fisheries research. The high-resolution dataset validated with on-site measurements could become a... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3325707/available-free-china-releases-global-data-prime-fishing-grounds?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3325707/available-free-china-releases-global-data-prime-fishing-grounds?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 19 Sep 2025 04:00:10 +0000 Vincent Chow Vincent Chow A popular benchmark for measuring the performance of artificial intelligence models could be flawed, a group of Meta Platforms researchers warned, raising fresh questions on the veracity of evaluations that have been made on major AI systems. “We’ve identified multiple loopholes with SWE-bench Verified,” wrote Jacob Kahn, manager at Meta AI research lab Fair, in a post last week on the developer platform GitHub. The post from Fair, which stands for Fundamental AI Research, found several... https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3324735/popular-ai-model-performance-benchmark-may-be-flawed-meta-researchers-warn?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3324735/popular-ai-model-performance-benchmark-may-be-flawed-meta-researchers-warn?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 09 Sep 2025 02:00:14 +0000 Zhang Tong Zhang Tong Chinese scientists have developed a new blockchain storage technology that they say can resist attacks from quantum computers. Blockchain technology – which provides a shared, decentralised digital ledger that stores tamper-proof records – has shown revolutionary potential in areas like financial services and supply chain management. Usually, blockchains use specialised encryption algorithms to verify each transaction, ensure the ledger’s security, and provide transparent access to... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3316608/chinese-team-creates-blockchain-tech-resist-attacks-quantum-computers?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3316608/chinese-team-creates-blockchain-tech-resist-attacks-quantum-computers?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 03 Jul 2025 06:00:15 +0000 Holly Chik Holly Chik Last year, 13 million new electric vehicles rolled out onto China’s roads as the country continued a rapid transition to new energy. But as eco-friendly rides begin to dominate transport, the new technology appears to be hauling old baggage – motion sickness. After investigating growing numbers of reports of EV passengers feeling dizzy, nauseated or breaking into cold sweats, researchers in Japan may have come up with a low-tech solution for the hi-tech problem: a simple sound that can be... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3316061/ditch-dizziness-why-evs-make-people-sick-and-tone-solution-trick?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3316061/ditch-dizziness-why-evs-make-people-sick-and-tone-solution-trick?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 30 Jun 2025 02:00:13 +0000