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Taiwanese army personnel inspecting US-made Abrams tanks upon their arrival inside an army base in Hsinchu, Taiwan, on December 16. Photo: Taiwan Military News Agency/ EPA-EFE

Military

Beijing sanctions 7 firms in response to latest US support of Taiwan

The move follows US President Joe Biden’s approval of Pentagon’s 2025 budget, which includes several measures to bolster Taipei.

How a China-Philippines flashpoint could prove an early test for Trump

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China surpasses rivals with ‘world-class’ sixth-gen stealth fighter jet: experts

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Politics

Chinese court sentences Zhuhai car attack driver to death for killing 35 people

A court said Fan Weiqiu deliberately drove into a group of people exercising last month because he was angered by his divorce settlement.

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Members of the public left tributes to the victims outside the scene of the attack. Photo: AP
Members of the public left tributes to the victims outside the scene of the attack. Photo: AP

Science

Chinese scientists show animal brain changes while awake through neural imaging

Microscopy technology is promising because of potential for taking live imaging of the brain and other organs and tissues, say researchers.

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Military

China’s launches new warship tipped to become world’s first ‘drone carrier’

The amphibious assault ship Sichuan has an electromagnetic catapult system and full-length launch deck, making it a ‘key asset’ for the PLA.

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Diplomacy

China’s Xi Jinping to visit Russia in 2025, ambassador to Beijing says

China and Russia must keep up their ‘double resistance’ to the ‘double containment’ from the West, Igor Morgulov tells RIA.

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Chinese President Xi Jinping with visiting Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Beijing in May. They have met thrice in person this year. Photo: TNS
Chinese President Xi Jinping with visiting Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Beijing in May. They have met thrice in person this year. Photo: TNS

Science

China’s high-speed rail enthusiasts glimpse the future as 450km/h train spotted

The CR450 seen heading towards Beijing this week will be the fastest commercial service in the world when it starts operations next year.

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Science

China launches icebreaker to help forge path in research and Arctic influence

In announcing Tan Suo San Hao launch, state media says its Chinese engineers broke through foreign-controlled technological bottlenecks.

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World

US investigates Chinese chips, China’s mega dam: SCMP’s 7 highlights

From China’s new colossal hydropower project to Apple’s investment in Indonesia, here are a few highlights from SCMP’s recent reporting.

The US says China seeks to dominate domestic and global chip markets through extensive anticompetitive and non-market means. Photo: Shutterstock

Politics

Chinese lawyer observing case says she was pepper-sprayed by court officials

Inner Mongolia incident shocks criminal defence lawyers in China who have faced hostility from police and courts when defending clients.

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Chinese lawyers have expressed shock at an incident at Xilinhot People’s Court on Wednesday where lawyers were pepper-sprayed by court staff. Photo: X/@ZSRHERO
Chinese lawyers have expressed shock at an incident at Xilinhot People’s Court on Wednesday where lawyers were pepper-sprayed by court staff. Photo: X/@ZSRHERO

Military

China’s military tests remote 3D printed parts for the battlefield: report

US uses similar tactics as it aids Ukrainian frontline soldiers from a maintenance site in Poland, American military paper says.

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Military

New Chinese fighter jet seen over Chengdu tacitly confirmed by military

Mysterious aircraft bearing triangular tailless design sparks speculation it has cutting-edge stealth and endurance capabilities.

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Science

Chinese firm unveils world’s first ride-on robot dog for all-terrain adventures

The B2-W’s ability to carry an adult safely and comfortably across challenging landscapes attracts online interest.

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Chinese robotics company Unitree’s B2W robot dog displays an unprecedented range of precise motor control and advanced acrobatics in a video posted to social media on Monday. Photo: Weibo/仿生智能

Diplomacy

Philippines bringing ‘arms race risks’ with US Typhon missiles, China warns

‘Cooperating with the US to introduce the Typhon’ poses major threat to regional peace, Beijing warns in third such comment this week.

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Philippine defence chief Gilberto Teodoro Jnr has described the deployment of the US Typhon system as “completely legitimate, legal, and beyond reproach”. Photo: Reuters
Philippine defence chief Gilberto Teodoro Jnr has described the deployment of the US Typhon system as “completely legitimate, legal, and beyond reproach”. Photo: Reuters

Military

China warns ‘dangerous’ US actions are raising risk of space arms race

Defence ministry in Beijing issues warning after the US Space Force extended its operations to Japan for the first time this month.

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China Economy

China’s economy gains new growth and deep scars over past 5 years: NBS census

Since 2018, industrial and services sectors have withstood external pressures but there is cause for concern, statistics head Kang Yi says.

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China Economy

Open Questions | Economist Huang Yiping on Trump trade war 2.0 and China’s stimulus ‘U-turn’

Huang Yiping of Peking University talks the re-election of Donald Trump and why China needs its own Marshall Plan.

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Illustration: Lau Ka-kuen
Illustration: Lau Ka-kuen

Tech War

China’s chip industry braces for another 4 years under Trump

Chinese semiconductor firms are ramping up purchases of foreign chipmaking equipment and looking to forge new alliances.

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Diplomacy

How could a hawkish Donald Trump White House team shape US-China ties?

Amid rumours about possible cabinet picks, from Elon Musk to Mike Pompeo, experts say China hardliners could risk ‘fierce confrontation’.

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Diplomacy

China, US officials set to talk climate change amid fears over Trump’s policies

Ahead of Cop 29 in Azerbaijan, policymakers fret that the once and future president could stall efforts to cut greenhouse-gas emissions.

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Climate activists project a message onto Tower Bridge in London, England, bearing a silhouette of US President-elect Donald Trump ahead of climate talks in the British capital on November 7, 2024. Photo: Reuters
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LATEST China Science NEWS

Chinese scientists show animal brain changes while awake through neural imaging

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A Chinese Academy of Sciences team says their microscopy technique overcomes being limited to imaging cultured cells, tissue sections or anaesthetised animals. Image: Shutterstock

China’s high-speed rail enthusiasts glimpse the future as 450km/h train spotted

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China’s next-generation Fuxing bullet train, the CR450, was seen travelling from Tianjin to Beijing on Wednesday. Photo: Weibo/龙龙井拿铁

China launches icebreaker to help forge path in research and Arctic influence

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China says its Tan Suo San Hao (Explorer Three) icebreaker is its first capable of scientific and archaeological research in deep and distant seas. Photo: CCTV

Chinese firm unveils world’s first ride-on robot dog for all-terrain adventures

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Chinese robotics company Unitree’s B2W robot dog displays an unprecedented range of precise motor control and advanced acrobatics in a video posted to social media on Monday. Photo: Weibo/仿生智能

Will delayed launch put China’s plans to build Starlink rival at long-term risk?

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A batch of satellites is launched aboard a modified Long March-6 carrier rocket from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre in north China’s Shanxi Province in October. Photo: CCTV
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OPINION
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