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AI for Science (AI4S) startup DP Technology announced on Wednesday that it had completed Series C financing round, raising over 800 million yuan. Photo: Handout
Artificial intelligence

AI-for-Science start-up DP Technology raises US$114 million in Series C round

The Beijing-based AI-for-Science firm said the Series C round would fund hiring and R&D, as interest grows in using AI to speed up scientific discovery.

SCMP Highlights

7 scientists, mathematicians, physicists and experts who moved to China in 2025

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Hong Kong politics

Peking University keen to start research lab in Hong Kong’s Northern Metropolis

US-China relations

Beyond bipolar: why China-US rivalry defies the Cold War model

Chinese scholar Wang Jisi warns that current world order with ‘two superpowers and many strong powers’ faces growing risk of conflict.

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“I do think the United States has an attitude towards China, but it also has strategies towards China,” says Peking University scholar Wang Jisi, seen here at a talk in Beijing in January. Photo: Handout
China GDP

China can sustain 5 to 6% GDP growth through 2035: economist

Tech, talent and the Chinese system give Beijing unique advantages over other late-developing economies, top economist says.

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Shenzhen

China’s land-starved Shenzhen moving massive landfill to make more space

At the centre of the city, where open land is scarce, trucks are removing 6,000 cubic metres of waste a day to free up 30 valuable hectares.

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Science

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.

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Scientists have traced the earliest presence of domestic cats in homes of the Chinese elite back to the Tang dynasty. Photo: Shutterstock
Science

Man behind 99% chips: semiconductor legend Chih-Tang Sah’s ashes leave US for China

Celebrated Chinese electronics engineer who ‘kept his homeland in his heart’ while living overseas buried in Fujian with his late wife.

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China society

Opinion | Elite success stories are cold comfort for disillusioned young workers

The backlash over a tycoon’s letter to overburdened staff during his trip to Antarctica reveals a fissure beyond a generational divide.

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Science

Short bursts of oxygen deprivation could help treat depression: Chinese study

Researchers find that the radical new approach has a similar effect on the brain to the use of ketamine or electroconvulsive therapy.

Luo Minmin from the Beijing Institute for Brain Research tests the acute intermittent hypoxia device developed by his team. Photo: Handout
Banking & finance

Baby boom or bust: Trip.com co-founder launches HK$500 million birth-rate fund

Trip.com co-founder James Liang says Hong Kong is uniquely placed to help solve China’s looming population crunch.

Trip.com’s James Liang believes that Hong Kong is perfectly placed to help tackle China’s looming demographic crisis. Photo: Xinhua
Science

Mathematician Qian Hong, son of top scientific clan, leaves US for China

Return of pioneering scientists’ latest generation prompts more attention than usual among a growing trend.

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US-China relations

Stop ‘stigmatising’ Chinese students and researchers, ambassador to US says

‘People with vision’ should speak up against unfair attacks and ‘smears’, top envoy Xie Feng says.

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US-China relations

What Zohran Mamdani’s New York win could mean for future of China-US ties

Analysts say rise of Democratic Party’s left wing could ease pressure on China, but some warn New York mayoral race offers limited insights.

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Zohran Mamdani’s victory in the New York mayoral election has become a talking point in China. Photo: TNS
Science

QS university rankings ridiculed in China as latest listing bombs online

Social media commenters point out anomalies, calling the results ‘nonsense’ and ‘unintentionally funny’.

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Tsinghua University in Beijing is widely regarded as one of China’s leading universities. Photo: Shutterstock
US-China relations

‘Not enthusiastic’: why China finds Trump’s ‘G2’ talk too costly in geopolitics

While the term treats China and the US as equals, Beijing is probably ‘not enthusiastic’ about its ‘hegemonic’ undertones, analysts say.

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China's economic recovery

Tax reform in China’s 5-year plan aims to protect budgets without crushing firms

Officials propose boosting direct and local levies, curbing tax breaks and tapping new sectors to shore up local revenues and fund social spending.

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Science

Top astrophysicist moves to Hong Kong to head new HKU institute

Zhang Bing – considered a leading expert on the mechanisms behind gamma-ray bursts – has relocated after nearly three decades in the US.

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Astrophysicist Zhang Bing outlined his vision for the new HKU institute on Monday. Photo: Handout
SCMP Highlights

China ‘breeding’ uranium; PLA’s ‘morphing’ missile: 7 science highlights

From chipmaking breakthrough to a STEM crisis in China’s universities, here are some highlights from SCMP’s recent science reporting.

Education in Hong Kong

HKU regains Asia’s No 1 spot, 5 Hong Kong universities in top 10 for first time

University of Hong Kong president Xiang Zhang says recognition is both honour and responsibility.

SCMP Highlights

US-China defence talks, C919 jet’s global win in Brunei: SCMP daily highlights

From a Washington-Beijing defence meeting to a robotics expert leaving Sweden for China, here’s a round-up from today’s coverage.

US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth met Chinese Defence Minister Dong Jun on the sidelines of the Asean Defence Ministers’ Meeting Plus. Photo: X/Secretary of War Pete Hegseth
Science

ABB’s top industrial chip and robotics expert Pang Zhibo leaves Sweden for China

The research heavyweight has joined Peking University’s recently elevated school dedicated to robots and advanced manufacturing.

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One of Europe’s most distinguished experts in advanced industrial technologies Pang Zhibo has taken up an academic position in China. Photo: Shutterstock
Science

‘Fancy tool’: how China cut chip defects by 99% for near-perfect lithography

Cryo-ET process pinpoints source of manufacturing flaws to achieve unprecedented clarity and a pathway to major industry cost cuts.

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Semiconductors

Tech war: Chinese researchers claim breakthrough in lithography materials

Paper published in Nature details breakthrough in understanding of photoresist materials, which should improve defect control and yield.

Trending in China

China university graduate quits finance job for acting, values freedom over high pay

Zeng relinquishes a lucrative job and a vibrant lifestyle, but in return, she attains what she describes as ‘freedom of life’.

A 30-year-old woman, a former top gaokao scorer and economics graduate from Peking University, left her finance job to pursue acting. Photo: SCMP composite/Weibo/Sohu
Banking & finance

China should step up borrowing to boost domestic demand, economist says

Huang Yiping recommends ‘more aggressive’ macroeconomic policy from central government to aid those affected by property crisis.

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Huang Yiping, a professor at Peking University and dean of its National School of Development, has urged China’s central government to borrow more to lift domestic demand by introducing more supportive fiscal policies. Photo: Dickson Lee
Science

The STEM crisis in China’s universities: how outdated courses are wasting talent

Many Chinese degrees prioritise theory over practical experience and fail to prepare students for real-world employment, critics say.

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Science

Chinese team unveils smart, super-tough coating for stealth aircraft

New material can withstand temperatures up to 1,000 degrees Celsius and could revolutionise fighter jet technology.

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