https://www.scmp.com/rss/523687/feed The latest news and top stories on Xinjiang University. A China-based public comprehensive university, Xinjiang University is dedicated to contributing to the social, cultural and economic development of Xinjiang and China. Its main areas of focus span philosophy, economics, law, literature, history, science, engineering, management and art. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Carol Yang Carol Yang With the world’s biggest high-speed rail network already established, China now plans a more balanced, integrated and intelligent transport system over the next five years, prioritising efficiency and smart technology over sheer scale. Beijing will move away from large-scale expansion to optimising new projects and upgrading existing assets, Minister of Transport Liu Wei said at a recent symposium on the 15th five-year plan attended by local transport officials, according to an official... https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3334370/china-targets-smarter-more-efficient-transport-infrastructure-next-5-year-plan?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3334370/china-targets-smarter-more-efficient-transport-infrastructure-next-5-year-plan?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 28 Nov 2025 03:00:10 +0000 Sylvie Zhuang Sylvie Zhuang As Washington and its allies continue to slap sanctions related to Xinjiang on Chinese companies, citing allegations of human rights violations, a group of scholars is trying to challenge some of those claims, digging into their years of field research and networks of contacts in the far western autonomous region. Yet in their efforts to debunk the claims, the academics keep running into a brick wall: the reticence of regional authorities. Generally seen by Beijing as well meaning, the scholars... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3327681/data-access-challenge-china-trying-counter-us-xinjiang-claims?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3327681/data-access-challenge-china-trying-counter-us-xinjiang-claims?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 02 Oct 2025 22:00:08 +0000 Victoria Bela Victoria Bela Planting trees in some parts of the world could cause droughts, according to a Chinese-led study that suggested greening efforts should take regional conditions into account to be effective. Through a complex multi-decade study of vegetation and soil moisture patterns combining several databases and models, the researchers found that nearly half of the world had experienced a pattern of “greening-drying.” This included parts of the United States, Central Asia, Central Africa, inland Europe,... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3322619/planting-trees-could-lead-more-droughts-parts-us-and-asia-chinese-led-study?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3322619/planting-trees-could-lead-more-droughts-parts-us-and-asia-chinese-led-study?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 21 Aug 2025 08:00:09 +0000 Zhang Tong Zhang Tong China has unveiled the world’s first laser topping robot, overcoming a major hurdle in cotton’s laborious cultivation cycle to achieve the quest for fully mechanised cotton production, according to its developer. Cotton topping involves removing the plant’s top bud to redirect nutrients towards lateral branches, boosting boll formation and yield – a process that has long been plagued by inefficiency, inaccuracy and crop damage. The laser topping robot was jointly developed by Xinjiang University... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3317806/chinas-cotton-topping-robot-promises-fully-automated-production-xinjiang-crop?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3317806/chinas-cotton-topping-robot-promises-fully-automated-production-xinjiang-crop?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 11 Jul 2025 12:00:06 +0000