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Renowned scientists such as physicist He Zuoxiu and Fields Medal winner Yau Shing-Tung have been subjected to online attacks.
Education Minister Huai Jinpeng briefs NPC Standing Committee on funding initiative’s successes but says more work required.
Musk is well known in China and has been lauded for his investment in the country.
Nationals from South Korea and Slovakia have been added to the list of people who do not need a visa to visit for up to 15 days.
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Ministry of Natural Resources lists haul of gold, copper, molybdenum, phosphorite and fluorite key to future of defence and geopolitics.
Former vice-president Wang Qishan becomes honorary chair of Tsinghua University advisory board chaired by Apple’s Tim Cook.
China has a critical need for top hi-tech talent, but must overcome internal risks that hinder inspiration and ingenuity, leading academic says.
Most can’t afford to live in a nursing home, according to five-yearly poll, as committee on ageing calls for better services and coordinated policies.
Too many Chinese scholars fail to properly engage with their overseas peers, leading to worsening decoupling, professor warns.
Teng Tai suggests ‘milestone’ law should dispel concerns that private entrepreneurs in China are only needed in times of crisis.
As a raft of stimulus measures boost confidence, many remain cautious about the nation’s long-term economic prospects.
The rivalry to dominate in AI, quantum computing and other technologies of the future may even intensify after November’s election.
In National Day speech, Chinese leader says the island is the country’s ‘ sacred territory’.
NDRC reassures entrepreneurs they are ‘people of our own’ as slow post-Covid recovery prompts more support for private sector.
By naming and shaming Chinese researchers for misconduct, China’s science ministry is doubling down on its push towards tech prowess.
Beijing has ‘no choice’ but to raise retirement age as working population shrinks, but more is needed to fill fiscal gaps, analysts say.
Beijing pledges 200 million yuan in disaster relief after this year’s second-strongest tropical cyclone sweeps Hainan, Guangdong and Guangxi.
Tan Ruisong, who chaired the Aviation Industry Corporation of China from 2018 to 2023, is accused of ‘severe violations’ of the law and party discipline.
Deng and his ‘true heir’ Xi Jinping differ in strategies and approaches, but closer examination reveals many core similarities.
PLA says it ‘dispelled’ a transport plane while Manila says Chinese jets endangered its pilots.
As China tries to mitigate environmental disasters while meeting economic demands, ‘the shocks reverberate globally’, expert says.
Latest in series of infrastructure-related disasters this summer comes as extreme weather triggers floods and landslides around China.
Dongting Lake is a flood basin of the Yangtze River, whose middle and lower reaches are forecast to see more rain in the coming fortnight.
Observers widely expect long-awaited party conclave to double down on ‘whole-nation system’ of development, but have mixed views on the likely outcomes.
President tells science and tech conference the focus should be on achieving breakthroughs in ‘bottleneck’ technologies for six key areas.
The third plenum of the Communist Party of China has been a landmark event since Deng Xiaoping’s groundbreaking reforms in 1978.
New measures certainly show desire ‘to put a floor under the property slump’ ahead of third plenary session in July, but focus certain to be on ‘new productive forces’, observer says.
China will adopt ‘forward-thinking plan’ for building digital economy and boost international collaboration through technology arm of the belt and road strategy, according to Beijing’s top planner and data agency.
As well as programmes in industry and education, local governments are encouraged to provide perks, including incentives in housing, start-up investment and schooling and jobs for the family of digital workers.
China – second only to the US in terms of aggregated processing power – sets 2025 deadline to scale up capacity by half.
