As the United States continues to tighten restrictions on chip exports to China in a bid to curb the country’s access to advanced semiconductors, Chinese researchers have gone into overdrive. In recent years, Chinese universities have been leading the world in research on chip design and fabrication. And they are producing much of the basic…
The trading system of the Exchange is an order-driven system. During the Pre-opening Session and the Closing Auction Session, the system accepts at-auction and at-auction limit orders only. During the Continuous Trading Session, the system accepts limit, enhanced limit and special limit orders only, with an option for an “All-or-Nothing Qualifier” that confines the order to…
When a group of Chinese primary school pupils with a keen interest in astronomy were asked what language the research on China’s Chang’e-6 lunar soil samples should be written in, they stopped smiling. The pupils of Fangcaodi International School, a state-run primary school in Beijing with an emphasis on science education, have closely followed China’s…
Chinese bloggers riding on strong national confidence in science and technology prowess are launching “unscrupulous hype and personal attacks” to shut down differing opinions online, state-affiliated media has warned. Several Chinese scientists were recently labelled pro-American after they said there was a US-China gap in basic research or commented negatively on the tech ecosystem, as…
China urgently needs to develop elite talent in the field of quantum computing, according to a leading academic, who has warned that the hi-tech sector must avoid internal trends that strangle innovation. Yu Dapeng, of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, said a lack of ingenuity was hindering China’s quantum computing development, despite the significant public…
In recent years, China has been discreetly reducing its dependence on US-sourced helium – a rare and strategic resource widely used in medical and hi-tech industries, including semiconductors and quantum computers. The endeavour has involved a series of measures including diversifying overseas supplies and increasing domestic production with scientific and technological breakthroughs. The strategy appears…
Faster long-distance data transmission is a step closer, according to a team of Chinese scientists who say they have transmitted high-definition video signals over more than a kilometre using terahertz wireless communication technology. The experiment, led by Purple Mountain Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), was the world’s first successful application of high-sensitivity…