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Hu Gangfeng (centre), a PLA major general and leader of China’s delegation to the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, arrives for the forum’s opening ceremony on Friday. Photo: Hayley Wong
Shangri-La Dialogue

China keeps a low profile at Shangri-La Dialogue. What does that mean?

Instead of defence chief, China sends group from military academies to premier Singapore security forum, prompting speculation.

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Trending in China

Profile | Meet China PhD student Pang Zhongwang – from waste collector to cultural ambassador

US-China trade war

The US and China called a truce on tariffs, but is the battleground expanding?

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Science

Nobel physicist Giorgio Parisi takes up complexity sciences post in China

The Italian researcher will be based at Beihang University’s Hangzhou campus in Zhejiang province.

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Theoretical physicist Giorgio Parisi has taken up a job in Hangzhou. Photo: AFP
China’s military

China’s defence chief forges Europe ties in Paris, Berlin plus UN peace pledge

Dong Jun’s first European tour concludes with major commitment to United Nations peacekeeping efforts.

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Millionaires and billionaires

Singapore’s NUS, China’s Tsinghua among top schools producing rich alumni

US universities dominate a global ranking by Altrata, led by Harvard with 18,000 ultra-rich alumni, or 4 per cent of the global total.

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Science

China welcomes back top physicist Lin Shaozhen, but social media turns hostile

Top biomechanics researcher takes up professorship at Sun Yat-sen University.

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Leading biomechanics scientist Lin Shaozhen has taken a full-time position as a professor and doctoral supervisor at Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou in China’s Guangdong province. Photo: Shutterstock
US-China relations

How will China remember US scholar Joseph Nye, the father of ‘soft power’?

Observers say that while Nye’s ideas were widely praised in China, his attitude towards Beijing was not as friendly as believed.

Science

China’s chip breakthrough, 480-million-year-old cave: 7 science highlights

From an advance in chip production to return of China’s Shenzhou-19 astronauts, here are some highlights from SCMP’s recent science reporting.

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‘Smallest, lightest, fastest’: China unveils new wireless morphing robots

Chinese team says their microrobot, with a design inspired by Lego, could be used in complex environments like disaster rescue operations.

The microrobot is 9cm long and weighs 25 grams. In outdoor tests, it flew over objects and landed, then switched mode to drive on the ground. Photo: Xinhua
US-China relations

Opinion | China’s technocratic elite will be a powerful force in rivalry with US

While US graduates from top universities flock to the private sector, in China, national service has become an aspirational calling.

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Graduates attend the Tsinghua University degree commencement ceremony on April 29, 2023, in Beijing, China. Photo: China News Service/VCG/Getty Images
China education

Adapt or perish: the humanities fight to survive China’s hi-tech rise

As Chinese universities slash arts and social science enrolments, analysts argue the fields are evolving and warn against utilitarianism.

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ByteDance

ByteDance advances DeepSeek work in AI reasoning with open-source project

DAPO is a scalable reinforcement learning algorithm that helps a large language model achieve better complex reasoning behaviour.

Artificial intelligence

AI start-up challenges Nvidia’s dominance with Beijing support

A team with ties to Tsinghua University has unveiled a new framework for building advanced AI models using Chinese-made chips.

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A Chinese team says its new AI framework can run on domestic chips. Photo: AFP
Artificial intelligence

Former ByteDance executive takes helm at Chinese video AI start-up

Luo Yihang’s transition from ByteDance’s Volcano Engine to Shengshu represents a significant hire by a leading Chinese AI video start-up.

Luo Yihang, former head of AI solutions at ByteDance’s cloud unit, is now CEO at Shengshu AI. Photo: Handout
Artificial intelligence

In push to develop AI, more courses and projects emerge at Chinese universities

Among them, Tsinghua will enrol 150 students at a new academy to ‘cultivate talent in fields that integrate AI with other disciplines’.

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Ukraine war

Opinion | How Trump’s Ukraine policy cracks open the door for China in Europe

Beijing’s support for European autonomy and discontent over US stance might resonate but close ties with Moscow could spark a backlash.

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Semiconductors

Nvidia CEO shakes off DeepSeek effect, says ‘new scaling law’ driving demand

After a 78 per cent jump in revenue last quarter, Nvidia sees continued growth despite concerns that DeepSeek’s compute-efficient models could dent demand.

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang delivers a keynote address at CES 2025, the world’s largest consumer electronics show in Las Vegas, on January 6. Photo: AFP
Science

Top mathematician Shing-Tung Yau leads China’s bid for 2030 maths Olympics

Prominent theorist is on a mission to showcase China’s global ascendancy in mathematics, shifting research landscape.

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Ukraine war

China could take peacekeeping role in post-war Ukraine – but at what cost?

Retired senior colonel says it may ‘showcase China’s peaceful rise’ but analyst warns it could also raise new concerns over ties with Russia.

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Science

Record transmission by Chinese team lays ground for future quantum internet

Team’s new quasi-quantum secure direct communication protocol ‘offers a unique method to detect eavesdropping online’.

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Professor Long Guilu says his team’s quantum communication transmission rate “can be increased further by a factor of two or three” in the near future. Photo: Shutterstock
China’s Communist Party

Open Questions | Political theorist Daniel A. Bell reflects on how China melds Confucius and Marx

In a wide-ranging interview, Bell considers Confucian and other ancient Chinese traditions and their role in modern politics.

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America’s loss, China’s gain: Chinese universities welcome PhD refugees from US

As the US cuts funding and suspends graduate admissions, China’s leading educational institutions are offering new academic pathways.

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Science

The Chinese-origin scientists who helped to hone the US’ leading edge in defence

Chinese experts continue to make outstanding contributions to the American industry but the path appears to be narrowing.

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Artificial intelligence

Lenovo reshuffles leadership amid AI-driven growth and DeepSeek adoption

The world’s largest PC maker named a new CFO and board members after months of double-digit growth and aggressive AI adoption.

An employee gestures next to a Lenovo logo at Lenovo Tech World in Beijing on November 15, 2019. Photo: Reuters
US-China relations

Joint projects and visas: how US embassy job cuts could play out in China

American diplomatic offices are expected to shed 10 per cent of their staff on the mainland and in Hong Kong.

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The US expected to reduce its diplomatic presence in China by about 10 per cent. Photo: AP
Climate change

My Take | As the US turns away, China has even bigger role in climate fight

While Trump has again withdrawn from the Paris Agreement, Beijing shows no signs of altering its commitment to greening its economy.

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Chinese in Musk’s Grok squad line up against China in race for AI supremacy

Media in China is taking notice of the large number of key developers, researchers and scientists born and educated in China at work in US.

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