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Zhang Tong

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🔮 China lights up ‘super microscope’ hopes with world-leading electron gun beam By observing matter at the atomic scale, the Hefei Advanced Light Facility could drive breakthroughs in microchips

2026-09-28 · mixed framing · China lights up ‘super microscope’ hopes with world-leading electron gun beam

🔮 State broadcaster CCTV reported that the technology could fundamentally strengthen China’s ability to secure its own iron resources and reduce its heavy dependence on imports of the strategic commodity.

2026-09-06 · mixed framing · China begins mining iron from tailings, low-grade ore that can meet its demand for decades

🔮 The Fengyun-4C’s storm-tracking abilities could provide vital early warnings about extreme weather events during the rescue operation China is using the world’s most powerful geostationary weather satellite to track severe thunderstorms over Nepal and deliver real-time intelligence as the two countries continue search and rescue operations following last month’s devastating glacier collapse.

2026-09-06 · mixed framing · World’s most powerful lightning-chasing satellite joins China-Nepal flood relief efforts

🔮 By tracking the needle’s tiny deflections, the team can measure magnetic fields down to the femtotesla level – an advance that could widen the hunt for elusive dark matter particles or monitor brain signals.

2026-09-05 · assertive framing · Chinese-German team builds ultra-sensitive ‘floating compass’ to hunt dark matter

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End ‘wholesale restrictions’ on Chinese EVs in US, experts say

2026-10-08 · South China Morning Post

China develops plant to extract hydrogen, fresh water and uranium from the sea

2026-10-05 · South China Morning Post

Maxwell smart: new Chinese embodied model tops global AI ranking on physical tasks

2026-10-01 · South China Morning Post

China lights up ‘super microscope’ hopes with world-leading electron gun beam

2026-09-28 · South China Morning Post

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Ling Xin

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🔮 China-US astronomy team may have found possible relic of a recent ‘gold factory’ Mystery glow seen in the Milky Way could be the result of a violent collision between two orbiting neutron stars, according to scientists The violent smash spewed out atoms and a flood of neutrons, which the atoms soaked up to form some of the universe’s heaviest elements, such as gold, platinum and uranium, while the wreckage collapsed into a black hole.

2026-10-13 · mixed framing · China-US astronomy team may have found possible relic of a recent ‘gold factory’

🔮 According to the latest papers, the Beijing scientists also showed that two crystals grown separately kept the same time – a sign such clocks could be reliably reproduced, they said.

2026-10-07 · mixed framing · China’s thorium-229 nuclear clock beats Vienna’s on stability, studies show

🔮 David vs Goliaths: Singapore builds most accurate clock ever, leaves US and China in dust The decade-long project could help to pave the way for a redefinition of the second, researchers claim in a new paper The clock, built with a single ion of a rare earth metal element known as lutetium, is so precise that it would lose one second every 260 billion years – nearly 20 times the age of our universe.

2026-10-02 · mixed framing · David vs Goliaths: Singapore builds most accurate clock ever, leaves US and China in dust

🔮 Claims China’s BeiDou satellite was refuelled in orbit could change space race

2026-09-26 · mixed framing · Claims China’s BeiDou satellite was refuelled in orbit could change space race

🔮 That made it impossible for ground controllers to intervene in real time, wrote researchers from the China Academy of Space Technology – the country’s main spacecraft manufacturer – in a paper that will be published in the Journal of Deep Space Exploration.

2026-09-21 · assertive framing · China gets closer to Jupiter mission by bringing Nasa’s StarNAV concept to life

🔮 China uses 100,000 home-grown AI chips to build leading weather forecast system The Sugon 8,000 system can predict weather 10 days in advance, bringing the country closer to its ambitious forecasting goals China said it can now predict weather 10 days in advance at a cutting-edge resolution of 5km (3.1 miles), finer than most major systems in routine use around the world.

2026-09-16 · mixed framing · China uses 100,000 home-grown AI chips to build leading weather forecast system

🔮 The project will involve partners from at least five other countries as they track the development of space weather China has started an international project to build a three-dimensional satellite network between Earth and the moon that will track solar activity and study some of the universe’s most powerful explosions.

2026-09-05 · assertive framing · China launches plan for 3D satellite network to monitor sun and cosmic explosions

Also by Ling Xin

China-US astronomy team may have found possible relic of a recent ‘gold factory’

2026-10-13 · South China Morning Post

China’s thorium-229 nuclear clock beats Vienna’s on stability, studies show

2026-10-07 · South China Morning Post

David vs Goliaths: Singapore builds most accurate clock ever, leaves US and China in dust

2026-10-02 · South China Morning Post

Claims China’s BeiDou satellite was refuelled in orbit could change space race

2026-09-26 · South China Morning Post

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Han Li

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🔮 ‘China shock 3.0’ to be driven by AI, biotech and robot exports, economist says Beijing is developing its own competitive AI hardware and software and plans to export them once domestic demand is met, expert claims The third wave would centre on artificial intelligence, covering both hardware and software, along with biotechnology and robotics, she said.

2026-10-14 · speculative framing · ‘China shock 3.0’ to be driven by AI, biotech and robot exports, economist says

🔮 Public comments flood US government websites over proposed H-1B, OPT fee hikes Chinese students and other graduates voice concerns over steep new costs that could threaten their prospects of working in America Kana Liu, a Chinese Canadian living in the US on a work visa, felt compelled to speak up.

2026-10-13 · mixed framing · Public comments flood US government websites over proposed H-1B, OPT fee hikes

🔮 China’s economy to slow as global growth stays solid, US think tank report says Overcapacity and continued property slump weighing on domestic demand, Peterson Institute for International Economics reveals The report said overcapacity and the property slump are weighing on domestic demand while export strength is expected to fade.

2026-10-06 · assertive framing · China’s economy to slow as global growth stays solid, US think tank report says

🔮 US accuses mainland China of targeting Taiwan leader’s family in surveillance case FBI says US citizen Zhang Wanying filmed William Lai Ching-te’s son’s home and vehicles in Seattle before trying to fly to Shanghai The FBI accused her of surveilling the Taiwanese leader’s son and his family in Seattle last year, filming their home and vehicles and sharing the footage with handlers in China.

2026-10-05 · mixed framing · US accuses mainland China of targeting Taiwan leader’s family in surveillance case

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