https://www.scmp.com/rss/522858/feed The latest news and top stories on Dan Yang, a distinguished academic. Formerly the Paul Licht Distinguished Professor of Neurobiology at UC Berkeley and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator, she recently returned to China to join the Shenzhen Medical Academy of Research and Translation as a Senior Principal Investigator. Dan's work primarily focuses on understanding neural circuits controlling behaviour, particularly sleep and frontal cortex executive control. Recognised for... en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Holly Chik Holly Chik Following months of opposition from the Asian-American community, US House lawmakers on Thursday removed a provision from a bill aimed at restarting the China Initiative, a programme that unfairly targeted Chinese-American researchers. Last September, the proposal to “direct the re-establishment of the China Initiative” was included as a measure to “counter China and maintain America’s competitive edge” in the financial year 2026 appropriations bill approved by the House Committee on... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3339328/us-house-lawmakers-abandon-bid-bring-back-controversial-china-initiative?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3339328/us-house-lawmakers-abandon-bid-bring-back-controversial-china-initiative?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 09 Jan 2026 14:00:16 +0000 Jeffrey Wu Jeffrey Wu Windsurf was a rising artificial intelligence (AI) start-up – until it wasn’t. Days after OpenAI’s US$3 billion acquisition deal collapsed, Windsurf’s founders and top researchers joined Google DeepMind under a non-exclusive licensing agreement. What remained was sold to another company. Windsurf, as an independent innovator, ceased to exist. This is how many AI start-ups today end. Not through product failure but talent extraction. Big Tech no longer needs to buy companies to consolidate power... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3319195/where-us-jealously-guards-tech-china-offers-collaborative-ecosystem?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3319195/where-us-jealously-guards-tech-china-offers-collaborative-ecosystem?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 24 Jul 2025 21:30:08 +0000