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China’s ultra-hot heat pump breakthrough paves way for melting ore with sunlight
16 Dec 2025 - 4:00PM
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Why China’s growing demand for rare-earth steel is bad news for America’s F-35
15 Dec 2025 - 9:43PM
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Sperm quality decline: could easy-to-use balm from China solve the crisis?
15 Dec 2025 - 4:43PM
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Sci-fi writer Liu Cixin on why he’ll be happy if AI surpasses humans
15 Dec 2025 - 10:05AM
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How China’s US$150,000 robot start-up beat Elon Musk in 2 years
14 Dec 2025 - 10:33PM
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Mainland China
China’s ultra-hot heat pump breakthrough paves way for melting ore with sunlight
Capturing and upgrading even a fraction of dissipated energy could transform the country’s industrial efficiency and slash carbon emissions.
16 Dec 2025 - 4:00PM
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Mainland China
Why China’s growing demand for rare-earth steel is bad news for America’s F-35
15 Dec 2025 - 9:43PM
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Mainland China
Sperm quality decline: could easy-to-use balm from China solve the crisis?
15 Dec 2025 - 4:43PM
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Sci-fi writer Liu Cixin on why he’ll be happy if AI surpasses humans
Acclaimed author of the Three-Body trilogy also discusses his ‘dark forest’ theory, and the struggle to come up with original ideas.
15 Dec 2025 - 10:05AM
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Mainland China
How China’s US$150,000 robot start-up beat Elon Musk in 2 years
EngineAI robot delivers forceful Bruce Lee-style kicks, while Musk’s Optimus jogs a few steps and falls over while handing out water bottle.
14 Dec 2025 - 10:33PM
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Mainland China
China’s green tech revolution will outlast geopolitics: Arif Aga
Low costs, not geopolitics, will drive the global energy transition in the long run, industry consultant says.
13 Dec 2025 - 6:44PM
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United States
US green tech retreat echoes mistake of China’s Qing dynasty before collapse
While Washington pulls back on climate, Beijing is making it possible for developing nations to leapfrog into a cleaner energy era.
13 Dec 2025 - 7:07AM
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United States
Race for AI space centres: why the US goes all in after China makes first move
Beijing and Washington battle for tech domination with next-gen plans to launch supercomputers into orbit and transform global connectivity.
12 Dec 2025 - 11:00PM
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Mainland China
How China left the US years behind in sixth-generation jet race
Experience and skill in building stealth fighter jets is crucial to get the competitive edge on rivals, says lead designer Yang Shuifeng.
12 Dec 2025 - 9:00PM
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Norway
Flood expert Xu Chongyu leaves Europe for China as climate change speeds up
Scientist whose hydrological models have guarded European cities from rising tides returns to China to tackle critical water challenges.
12 Dec 2025 - 6:08PM
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Hong Kong
Soft brain chip could help solve Neuralink’s big implant challenge
University of Hong Kong team’s discovery could help solve a major problem for bioelectronic devices, rejection by the immune system.
12 Dec 2025 - 2:52PM
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Japan
China urged to bring Japan’s Unit 731 atrocities to international court
Chinese archaeologists invoke Nuremberg in renewed call for a comparable legal reckoning for Japanese atrocities.
12 Dec 2025 - 1:31PM
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Quantum computing
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China is no longer a follower in the race for quantum supremacy
A Chinese team recreated one of Einstein’s famous thought experiments, the results of which could help improve technologies like quantum computing.
12 Dec 2025 - 7:15AM
Japan
WHO responds to agency chief’s alleged pledge to ‘strengthen ties’ with Taiwan
WHO denies change to Taiwan status quo after Japanese finance minister claims Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus made the comments in Tokyo.
11 Dec 2025 - 9:40PM
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Xinjiang
Should Opec worry? China joins US shale oil revolution with new fracking tech
Jimsar shale oil demonstration zone in Xinjiang has reached its annual crude output goal of 1.7 million tonnes 22 days ahead of schedule.
11 Dec 2025 - 12:00PM
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Archaeology and palaeontology
Oldest evidence of humans making fire discovered in UK, dating back 400,000 years
Scientists found an ancient fireplace in Suffolk, providing crucial evidence that humans mastered fire far earlier than previously believed.
11 Dec 2025 - 2:32PM
Ken Griffin
Former Nasa chief calls for new US approach to moon landing – much like China’s
Mike Griffin says Artemis programme ‘cannot work’ because of complex design and unproven tech, while Chinese are ‘doing the right things’.
10 Dec 2025 - 9:00PM
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Mainland China
Over 10 years in the making: China launches 2,000km-wide AI computing hub
Implications are revolutionary for extremely high real-time demands such as AI large model training, telemedicine, director Liu Yunjie says.
10 Dec 2025 - 5:37PM
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Switzerland
How China pulled off a critical mineral tech revolution in just 10 months
‘Unique’ Chinese efficiency turns European firm’s vision into reality by building the world’s first large-scale silica-removal technology.
10 Dec 2025 - 6:09AM
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Mainland China
Code talker 2025? PLA frontline troops are testing portable quantum radio devices
Breakthrough hailed for meeting ‘emergency communication needs in obstructed conditions such as valleys and dense forests’.
9 Dec 2025 - 11:00PM
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Scientists
China-born architect Wang Fei dies in suspected car crash in London
Tributes to the ‘distinguished architectural educator, scholar and curator’ from Syracuse University say he was killed on Monday.
9 Dec 2025 - 8:40PM
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Mainland China
China tests super wireless rail convoy that could carry 3 Eiffel Towers
The technology that virtually links locomotives could boost the country’s freight capacity by 50 per cent, state broadcaster CCTV says.
9 Dec 2025 - 12:00PM
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Technology
Chinese team reports way to extract hypersonic weapon fuel boron from seawater
Inspired by ‘novel sustainable technology’ research, the team designs a single, powerful system using solar energy for extraction.
8 Dec 2025 - 10:00PM
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Mainland China
China’s lab fungus produces low-cost, meat-like protein to replace chicken farms
Genetic modification improves environmental credentials of ‘particularly promising’ substitute that outperforms poultry, study finds.
8 Dec 2025 - 5:42PM
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Xinjiang
China trials unmanned trucks on world’s highest mine, 5,600m from sea level
Lead-zinc mine in Kunlun Mountains of Xinjiang sits at an altitude surpassing the world’s highest human settlement, in the Peruvian Andes.
8 Dec 2025 - 10:27AM
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United States
China desalination tech makes fresh water cheaper than tap water – plus hydrogen
Facility in Shandong province also produces mineral-rich brine for industrial use, achieving ‘one-in, three-out’ circular economy.
8 Dec 2025 - 1:22AM
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Mainland China
With one small step for AI, Chinese scientists make giant leap for humanity
Researchers give robotic arms the skill and precision of experienced surgeons, all thanks to the inspiration of a simple slip knot.
8 Dec 2025 - 12:55AM
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Palestinian Territories
First ‘home cat’ reached China 1,400 years ago via Tang dynasty Silk Road
Researchers say domestic felines were originally regarded as ‘exotic’ pets and kept among the Chinese elite.
7 Dec 2025 - 10:00AM
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