6 d. ago Ancient Chinese DNA shows gender bias in human sacrifice ritual 4,000 years ago

Female sacrifice in China dates back thousands of years earlier than previously believed, a study of ancient DNA has revealed. Evidence from elite burials at a large Stone Age settlement in northwestern China also suggests the existence of an early hierarchical society, with gender preference relating to the type of sacrificial ritual, according to the Chinese archaeologists and anthropologists behind the study. Shimao, located in the Yellow River valley in Shaanxi province, is one of the...

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8 d. ago US is biggest recipient of Chinese loans as Beijing shifts focus to rich nations, new study reveals

US is biggest recipient of Chinese loans as Beijing shifts focus to rich nations, new study reveals  CNA

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1 week ago Short bursts of oxygen deprivation could help treat depression: Chinese study

Brief, controlled bouts of oxygen deprivation – essentially moments of safe suffocation – can alleviate severe depression as effectively as electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) and ketamine, two of the most powerful treatments known to psychiatry, Chinese scientists have concluded. This radical new approach, called acute intermittent hypoxia, harnesses a natural mechanism triggered by a temporary drop in oxygen in the brain and activates a naturally occurring compound known as adenosine, which acts...

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2 w. ago US found as biggest recipient of Chinese loans: Study | Daily Sabah

US found as biggest recipient of Chinese loans: Study | Daily Sabah  Daily Sabah

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2 w. ago China's Ministry of Education issues study abroad warning, reminds Chinese nationals to carefully plan study arrangements to Japan

China's Ministry of Education issues study abroad warning, reminds Chinese nationals to carefully plan study arrangements to Japan  Global Times

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3 w. ago Chinese goods dumping started before tariffs, ECB study finds

Chinese goods dumping started before tariffs, ECB study finds  Reuters

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3 w. ago China International Import Expo: Exhibitors see expo as platform to launch new products and study Chinese market behavior

China International Import Expo: Exhibitors see expo as platform to launch new products and study Chinese market behavior  news.cgtn.com

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3 w. ago ‘Tour de force’ by Chinese chemists could overturn high cost of drug treatments

Scientists in China have solved a 140-year-old chemistry problem in a breakthrough that could overturn traditional production methods and slash the cost of cancer treatments and other expensive medicinal compounds. The research was co-led by Zhang Xiaheng, from the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Hangzhou Institute for Advanced Study, and Xue Xiaosong, a professor with the Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, and published in the peer-reviewed journal Nature. In his review of the paper, Scott...

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3 w. ago Have Chinese chemists cracked the code for cheaper medicine production?

Scientists in China have solved a 140-year-old chemistry problem in a breakthrough that could overturn traditional production methods and slash the cost of cancer treatments and other expensive medicinal compounds. The research was co-led by Zhang Xiaheng, from the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Hangzhou Institute for Advanced Study, and Xue Xiaosong, a professor with the Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, and published in the peer-reviewed journal Nature. In his review of the paper, Scott...

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4 w. ago Half of China’s raw building materials could be recycled by mid

Recycling sand and gravel aggregates from construction and demolition waste could meet half of China’s demand for the materials essential for building skyscrapers, roads and railways by 2050, a Chinese-led study has found. By embracing a circular economy strategy, some provinces could achieve aggregate recycling rates as high as 65 per cent, the team led by researchers from Tsinghua University found. This could significantly ease China’s annual aggregate demand, which is projected to halve by...

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4 w. ago Chinese AI models comparable to US ones in frontier risks, study finds

Chinese artificial intelligence systems are nearing levels of “frontier risks” similar to their US counterparts, according to a study. Recent advances in the capabilities of AI models from DeepSeek and other Chinese firms heightened the possibility that these systems could be misused by bad actors or escape human control, according to Concordia AI, a Beijing-based consultancy focused on AI safety in China. As AI models grew more powerful, their frontier risks – or their potential to endanger...

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4 w. ago Chinese students boost US education, Trump tariffs in court: 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 subscribing. 1. Chinese student boom helps create more university spots for Americans: study China’s university boom has helped boost US postgraduate education and local economies in college towns, according to a new study. 2. Chinese trade negotiator urges US to boost agricultural cooperation China’s key trade negotiator, Li Chenggang, has called on the US to create “a...

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4 w. ago Chinese student boom helps create more college places for Americans, study finds

China’s college boom has helped boost US postgraduate education and local economies in college towns, according to a new study. The country’s massive higher education expansion – which lifted annual undergraduate enrolment in China from about 1 million in 1999 to 9.6 million by 2020 – resulted in waves of students going abroad and produced measurable effects inside US universities, according to a team at the National Bureau of Economic Research, a non-profit based in Cambridge,...

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4 w. ago Chinese student boom helps create more university spots for Americans: study

China’s university boom has helped boost US postgraduate education and local economies in college towns, according to a new study. The country’s massive higher education expansion – which lifted annual undergraduate enrolment in China from about 1 million in 1999 to 9.6 million by 2020 – resulted in waves of students going abroad and produced measurable effects inside US universities, according to a team at the National Bureau of Economic Research, a non-profit based in Cambridge,...

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