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Royal Society fellow Vladimir Markovic joins China’s top maths institute

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Mathematician Vladimir Markovic, was awarded the Simons Investigator Award in 2016 for his contributions to the theory of three-dimensional manifolds and for resolving several long-standing problems. Photo: Wikimedia

China’s ghost radar, big-brained early hominid debate: 7 science highlights

New radar technology created by Chinese scientists will help with submarine detection and also could assist communication between surface ships and submarines. Photo: QQ

China physics prodigy part of Swiss quantum team’s mechanical qubit breakthrough

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A bird’s-eye view of a section of the superconducting qubit developed by the researchers in Switzerland. Photo: ETH Zurich

Scientists in China achieve ‘invisibility’ in chameleon-like colour breakthrough

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Camouflage breakthrough by Chinese scientists could make an individual effectively invisible, according to the lead researcher. Image: Shutterstock

South China Sea: scientists see China collaboration as crucial for marine life

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David Baker, of SWIMS in Hong Kong, says partnerships with mainland Chinese institutions are important to further marine research. Photo: Handout
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The collapsed ground at a Shenzhen building site where 13 workers are missing after a landslide on Wednesday. Photo: Xinhua

Politics

13 missing in Shenzhen after railway building site landslide on Wednesday night

Nearby residents have been evacuated and temporary traffic measures are in place as rescuers’ search continues.

Trump’s Ukraine challenge will be bringing Putin to negotiating table: experts

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China and Japan face ‘crisis’ in ties, fail to adapt to ‘new reality’: ex-PM

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US should blunt ‘collaboration’ by China, North Korea, Russia: senior officials

Outgoing national security adviser urges Trump administration to expand defence cooperation with allies amid ‘dangerous’ global landscape.

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Jake Sullivan has served as US national security adviser since the outset of the Biden administration in 2021. Photo: Abaca Press/TNS
Jake Sullivan has served as US national security adviser since the outset of the Biden administration in 2021. Photo: Abaca Press/TNS

United States & Canada

8 US telecoms firms, dozens of nations hit by China hacking, White House says

The US believes the hackers were able to gain access to communications of senior US government officials and prominent political figures.

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Amid fighter fleet overhaul, China’s military cuts its pilot training by a year

By 2026 most PLA fighter pilots could have initial flight and transition training in 3 years: US military think tank.

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Trump picks Peter Navarro, US-China trade war architect, for senior role

Beijing-sanctioned economist who spent time in federal prison tasked with advancing White House agendas on ‘manufacturing, tariff and trade’.

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Peter Navarro speaks before Donald Trump takes the stage at a campaign event in Concord, New Hampshire, on October 21, 2024. Photo: AP
Peter Navarro speaks before Donald Trump takes the stage at a campaign event in Concord, New Hampshire, on October 21, 2024. Photo: AP

Diplomacy

How will China policy go after Trump overhauls the US government?

Planned purge means loss of institutional knowledge and working-level communications, but there are upsides, analysts say.

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EU pushes to cut China reliance with US$4.8 billion in cleantech grants

Move to name China in the proposal could leave the bloc vulnerable to a challenge in Geneva trade courts, analyst says.

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Chinese tourists in South Korea, writer Chiung Yao dies: SCMP daily catch-up

From Beijing urging its citizens to be vigilant after South Korea’s martial law to romance novelist Chiung Yao in suspected suicide, here’s a round-up from today’s China and economy coverage.

Political turmoil in South Korea has caused Chinese tourists and businesses to wonder about the downstream effects of the crisis. Photo: Reuters

Politics

Shanghai vice-mayor Hua Yuan to touch down in Taipei on cross-strait mission

Hua will be the first senior official from his city to attend an intercity forum in person in six years.

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Taipei will host this year’s Shanghai-Taipei City Forum. Photo: Shutterstock
Taipei will host this year’s Shanghai-Taipei City Forum. Photo: Shutterstock

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EU-China rivalry and trade frictions to persist under Trump 2.0, top envoy says

Without changes from Beijing, tensions over Ukraine war and economic competition unlikely to improve, bloc’s ambassador warns.

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Science

Royal Society fellow Vladimir Markovic joins China’s top maths institute

Yau Mathematical Sciences Centre welcomes award-winning Markovic from the University of Oxford.

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Politics

China’s security ministry warns spies are using crowdsourcing to steal secrets

Ministry of State Security says foreign espionage agencies are duping people to gather intelligence through simplified everyday tasks, internet devices.

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Foreign spy agencies are using tactics like crowdsourcing and IoT devices to extract valuable Chinese data, according to the state security ministry. Photo: AFP

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China’s ghost radar, big-brained early hominid debate: 7 science highlights

From China’s latest submarine detection advance to top scientists leaving West, here are a few highlights from SCMP’s recent science reporting.

New radar technology created by Chinese scientists will help with submarine detection and also could assist communication between surface ships and submarines. Photo: QQ
New radar technology created by Chinese scientists will help with submarine detection and also could assist communication between surface ships and submarines. Photo: QQ

Science

China physics prodigy part of Swiss quantum team’s mechanical qubit breakthrough

PhD student Yang Yu, a graduate of USTC’s school for the gifted young, and his fellow researchers achieve the impossible.

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Diplomacy

China urges its citizens in South Korea to be vigilant after martial law turmoil

Chinese embassy in Seoul advises caution as South Koreans come to terms with dramatic upheaval overnight.

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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

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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