Security raids on the homes of a noted Chinese-American cybersecurity researcher have reignited fears of racial profiling in Trump-led America, under what some are calling a de facto “China Initiative 2.0”. According to local media, officers from the US Federal Bureau of Investigation and Department of Homeland Security on Friday searched two homes owned by…
Crew members assigned to the Philippine Coast Guard vessel BRP Sindangan say they knew their mission would involve facing off against huge, numerous, intimidating Chinese vessels in the contested waters of the South China Sea. But that did not fully prepare them for the reality. “My heart beats up every time a clash is imminent,”…
More leading American scientists have had papers retracted than the number of Chinese, British, Japanese and German researchers combined, according to a study published in PLOS Biology on January 30. Among scientists included in the Stanford Elsevier career-long list of the world’s top 2 per cent of scientists last year, some 2,322 US-affiliated elite researchers…
The world’s top organisations for high-quality physics research are all in China or Europe, with the US’ highest-ranked institution coming in at No 13, according to the latest Nature Index. A China-based observer said this could have far-reaching implications for the United States’ technological edge, with physics underpinning much of modern technology and innovation. But…
War and peace in our time will depend on the decisions of various world leaders, but these three presidents above all: Donald Trump in the United States, Xi Jinping in China and Vladimir Putin in Russia. So peer into their minds and take stock of the ideas floating around there. What you’ll find is not…
China has overtaken the United States for the first time in the number of its high-level science and technology experts, according to a new report. Analysing data for the five years from 2020 to 2024, the report also shows that the number of top scientists in China has risen, while the number in the US…
Chinese researchers have penetrated the icy depths of glaciers in the country’s northwest, using new aerial technology to take a more detailed picture of resources in the “water tower of Asia”. The team from the Aerospace Information Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences used airborne ice radar, also known as ice-penetrating radar, to…
Scientists from China and the United States say they have developed a directional radiative cooler that can be applied to walls, vehicle exteriors and textiles to fight the effects of climate change and urban heat islands. The team said the cooling material designed for vertical surfaces overcomes the limitations of conventional radiative coolers, which work…
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is due to visit Hong Kong next month to receive an honorary doctorate along with film star Tony Leung Chiu-wai and two renowned scholars. In an email sent to the students at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and seen by the Post, the institution said it would confer…
Ma Yi remembers the long list of renowned Chinese researchers trained by Microsoft Research Asia, the US tech giant’s laboratory. Now as new head of the University of Hong Kong (HKU)’s computing school, the Chinese-born artificial intelligence (AI) scientist said he is trying to rebuild that nurturing environment, which creates opportunities for talent to shine….