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US President Donald Trump delivers the first State of the Union address of his second term to a joint session of Congress in the US Capitol in Washington on Tuesday. Photo: EPA
US-China relations

Trump touts US ‘golden age’, avoids direct mention of China before Beijing trip

In nearly two-hour State of the Union speech, American leader focuses on economic strength and global leadership ahead of midterm elections.

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China-Japan relations

China adds Japanese entities to export control list, turning up heat on Tokyo

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US-China relations

China prioritises regional expertise over language fluency in academic shift

US-China relations

Trump-style diplomacy could win friends for China but harm US ties with Beijing

Observers say even Washington’s close allies need to hedge against a more assertive foreign policy, with some already courting Beijing.

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In President Donald Trump’s second term, US diplomacy is seen to have become a tool for political messaging and pressure. Photo: AFP
Hong Kong politics

Protecting national security seen as key to Hong Kong’s stability

City leader hosts meeting of 150 officials, advisers, lawmakers and experts on State Council’s white paper on local affairs.

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US-China relations

Taiwan tensions poised to be primary flashpoint of Donald Trump’s Beijing agenda

Analysts say they expect ‘exceptionally intense’ strategic manoeuvring on Taipei when US president and Xi Jinping meet in April.

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Artificial intelligence

China’s Zhipu AI launches new major model GLM-5 in challenge to its rivals

The GLM-5 represents a shift in AI development from ‘vibe coding’ to ‘agentic engineering’ to generate an enhanced performance.

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Zhipu AI, known internationally as Z.ai, says that the new GLM-5 represents a significant shift in AI development. Photo: Shutterstock
Jeffrey Epstein

Epstein files reveal proposal for Tsinghua University campus in Boston

Prominent figures affiliated with the top Chinese university and Harvard discuss the plans in newly released emails.

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Artificial intelligence

Opinion | How ‘ghost workers’ stand at the crossroads of AI development

The future of artificial intelligence depends not only on algorithms but on who controls and benefits from the labour that machines rely on.

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Artificial intelligence

China’s cloud giants race to support Moltbot, the ‘AI that actually does things’

Hyperscalers embrace the AI agent, which can execute tasks without step-by-step instructions, but privacy concerns loom large.

The global AI industry is moving towards developing AI agents capable of autonomously executing tasks on behalf of users. Photo: Shutterstock
China jobs

With AI in the driving seat, China moves to rein in job displacement risks

China’s central government unveils plans for policy to reduce industrial labour pains caused by widespread use of artificial intelligence.

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Employees work on a Neolix X3 vehicle production line at a factory of Chinese autonomous delivery vehicle maker Neolix in Yancheng, in eastern China’s Jiangsu province. Photo: AFP
Science

Nipah virus outbreak in India sparks worry in China before Lunar New Year

Virus whose fatality rate can reach up to 75 per cent is said to be manageable and less likely to cause an outbreak in China.

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Artificial intelligence

Tsinghua, Microsoft researchers train AI model using synthetic data, Nvidia chips

The team’s SynthSmith data pipeline develops a coding model that overcomes scarcity of real-world data to improve AI models.

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Science

Wilczek’s Multiverse | Revisiting the peaks of Nobel laureate Chen-ning Yang’s remarkable career

The inspirational Chinese physicist, who lived to the age of 103, was renowned for two historic achievements.

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Illustration: Lau Ka-kuen
Education in Hong Kong

HKU ranks seventh globally for education as East Asia ‘makes strides’

Times Higher Education releases latest annual subject rankings, with Peking University entering top 10 for computer science for first time.

The University of Hong Kong performed the best among the city’s universities, with its education studies being the only local programme to make a top 10 ranking. Photo: Eugene Lee
US-China relations

How narrowing China-US gap could reshape global power play by 2035

Political scientist Yan Xuetong predicts Beijing will be on ‘equal footing’ in strategic rivalry with Washington in the post-Trump era.

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US-China relations

Why China fears Trump’s Nvidia H200 deal is a sophisticated Trojan horse

Can Washington bind Chinese rivals to American technologies or will access to the AI chips hasten Beijing’s challenge to US dominance?

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China consumption

Why mortgage subsidies could be key to getting China’s consumers spending

Beijing is striving to boost household spending amid an economic slowdown. But first it needs to stabilise the housing market, scholars say.

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Cranes tower above an unfinished apartment building in Beijing. Photo: Getty Images
Artificial intelligence

Chinese robot vacuum maker Dreame sees AI-driven appliances run household chores

The firm’s ambition is to become a ‘world-class technology company’, global president Chang Xinwei says.

US-Venezuela conflict

The US, Venezuela and why China is even less keen on talk of a G2

Beijing may seize on growing distrust of Washington and pitch itself to Global South as the more stable power, observers say.

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US-Venezuela conflict

Venezuela attack seen as reminder for China to boost air defence, intelligence

Lessons for Beijing include the need to upgrade hardware, protect state secrets and prevent infiltration, experts say.

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Venezuela had Chinese JY-27A radar systems among its air defences but the US military blinded and disrupted its defences to attack and abduct Nicolas Maduro at the weekend. Photo: Weibo
Science

Nobel Prize jurist Thomas Mikael Oliveberg joins southern China medical school

Biophysicist leaves Stockholm University for full-time role at Guangxi Medical University’s First Affiliated Hospital.

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Biophysicist Thomas Mikael Oliveberg (left) is welcomed to Guangxi Medical University by its vice-president Li Lang, at a signing ceremony on December 16. Photo: Handout
China trade

China’s diplomatic divide: red carpet for Seoul, cold shoulder for Tokyo firms

While Tokyo’s corporate leaders stay home amid fallout from prime minister’s remarks on Taiwan, Beijing prepares to welcome South Korean president and top executives.

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Science

China builds world-first crab-walking electric ICBM mobile launcher prototype

In less than two years, scientists have developed a technology that ‘fundamentally overturns’ conventional heavy-vehicle design.

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Artificial intelligence

Chinese researchers unveil new technique for near-instant AI video creation

TurboDiffusion is expected to enable commercial-scale video creation at less cost and a faster pace.

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Chinese researchers attribute the accelerated pace of video generation via TurboDiffusion to AI model training innovation. Photo: Shutterstock
SCMP Highlights

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

From a world-leading statistician to a mathematics luminary, here are some experts who made the move.

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(From left) Joshua Zahl, Chen Jing and Zhou Ming. Photo: Handout/Tsinghua University
Artificial intelligence

China’s Zhipu and MiniMax release latest AI models ahead of Hong Kong listing

The near-simultaneous release on Monday underscores the two firms’ efforts to drum up interest for their respective Hong Kong IPOs.

Science

Chinese team builds optical chip AI that is 100 times faster than Nvidia’s A100

Researchers harnessed the power of light to create a chip that could perform complex generative tasks with vastly improved energy efficiency.

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