Last year was China’s warmest on record, its weather agency said, as the world experiences a surge in extreme weather fuelled by climate change.The United Nations said in a year-end message on Monday that 2024…
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China’s BYD closes in on Tesla as sales jump
Chinese car maker BYD saw sales jump at the end of last year, leaving it closer to claiming the title of the world’s best-selling electric vehicle (EV) maker of 2024. The company says it sold…
Scientists pinpoint regions and species fueling coronavirus evolution in bats
Study uncovers the evolution, transmission, and geographic spread of bat coronaviruses in China, revealing key insights into hotspots and the origins of SARS-CoV-2.
Oil rises as investors return from holidays, eye China recovery
Oil prices nudged higher on Thursday, the first day of trade for 2025, as investors returning from holidays cautiously eyed a recovery in China’s economy and fuel demand following a pledge by …
How COVID-19 Transformed China’s Domestic and International Trajectory
The pandemic left an indelible but mixed imprint on everything from patterns of socio-economic development to China’s state apparatus and foreign relations.
The big unanswered questions about the covid-19 coronavirus
Despite studying the SARS-CoV-2 virus for five years, scientists still have questions, from the extent to which it can survive and mutate in animals to the thorny argument over its origins …
Beijing sanctions, US’ Chinese migrants, FBI cyber fears: 7 US-China relations reads
We have selected seven of the most interesting and important news stories covering US-China relations from the past few weeks. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider …
’76 Days’ documentary shows early days of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China
On Jan. 23, 2020, China locked down the city of Wuhan to contain the outbreak of a mysterious new virus. The documentary “76 Days” gives a fly-on-the-wall view of what was happening inside the intensive…
China says it has shared most COVID-19 data with others
China has shared most of its COVID-19 data and research results with the international community, and that work tracing the origins of the coronavirus should be carried out in other countries, its foreign ministry said…
Taiwan president wants exchanges with China, sees lack of goodwill
TAIPEI (Reuters) -Taiwan President Lai Ching-te said on Wednesday that he welcomed equal, dignified, healthy and orderly exchanges with China, but wondered whether there was goodwill from Beijing given what he said was their blocking…
Putin orders Russian government and top bank to develop AI cooperation with China
President Vladimir Putin has ordered Russia’s government and the country’s biggest bank, Sberbank , to build cooperation with China in artificial intelligence.
In 2024, China saw warmest year in decades, breaking records yet again
Chinese meteorological data shows 2024 was the warmest year for the country since comparable records began more than six decades ago, the second straight year in which milestones were broken.
Chinese high-speed rail, 3000-year-old city, Covid-19’s origins: 7 science highlights
From a train that runs at 450km/h to southern China’s oldest city, here are a few highlights from SCMP’s recent science reporting.
