Beijing condemns Washington’s landmark US$11 billion arms sale to Taiwan
Beijing has condemned Washington for its decision to sell about US$11 billion in weapons to Taiwan, calling it a grave violation of its sovereignty...
China confirms issuing of first general licences for rare earth exports
Beijing confirmed on Thursday that it has begun granting general licences with lengthier terms for exports of rare earth elements to foreign companies, though...
Power outage briefly leaves 5,000 Hong Kong households in darkness
A power outage briefly plunged Hong Kong’s Kowloon City, a densely populated neighbourhood, into darkness on Thursday, with traffic lights malfunctioning, people trapped in...
Liquid Marbles Could Lead To Greener Pesticides That Don’t Slide Off Leaves
AsianScientist (Nov. 18, 2025) – Leaves have a coating that repels water and protects them fungal and bacterial attacks. But for farmers, this natural...
SenseTime pushes open-source AI model to provide a ‘smart brain’ for every robot
Chinese artificial intelligence pioneer SenseTime has open-sourced a “world model” and kicked off its foray into the burgeoning field of embodied intelligence by releasing...
China slams EU subsidy probes as ‘egregious’ and discriminatory
China’s Ministry of Commerce has expressed strong opposition to recent European Union investigations into Chinese companies and vowed to use necessary means to defend...
China’s youth-unemployment rate eases, new rival in durian fray: SCMP daily highlights
Catch up on some of SCMP’s biggest China stories of the day. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider...
China’s CATL marks trailblazing deployment of humanoid robots at scale on the factory floor
Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL), the world’s largest maker of electric vehicle (EV) batteries, has started deploying humanoid robots at scale within its Zhongzhou production...
US lawmakers killed a proposal targeting science efforts with China, and did this instead
The US Congress passed its annual defence bill on Wednesday, easing concerns among researchers by dropping a controversial proposal targeting US-China scientific collaboration, even...