appConfigEntityId

bodyType

customContents

entityId

entityUuid

isVideo

articlePageQuery

article

articleSchemaContent

content

hooksArticlePageAdvertisementConfigArticle

appConfig

filter

json

liveArticle

SCMP

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. From reusable rockets to deep-sea dives: how China closes tech gap on the West
China sees outer space and the polar regions as “strategic new frontiers” vital to its future security – and is investing accordingly.
2. Chinese firms in EU report solid performance despite mounting uncertainties
Most Chinese companies are faring well in the European Union despite rising challenges such as higher labour costs, trade barriers and the bloc’s efforts to reduce dependence on Beijing, the China Chamber of Commerce to the EU (CCCEU) said in its annual report.
3. In world first, Chinese scientists find rare earth minerals from a living plant

A Chinese-led team of scientists says it has found a naturally formed mineral with rare earth elements in a fern, a world first that offers a “green circular model” for extracting high-value rare earths, according to an institution behind the study.
4. Rising star mathematician Wu Meng returns to China from Finland
Now affiliated with Hunan University, the award-winning professor solved a major part of Furstenberg’s conjecture dating to the 1960s.
5. PLA bans 4 Chinese universities from procurement process for bid-rigging

China’s military is set to ban four prominent Chinese universities from bidding for certain projects, according to a statement by the People’s Liberation Army on Sunday, as Beijing continues a rectification and anti-corruption drive in its military procurement system.
6. Will a key hearing restart the China-Argentina telescope stalled by politics?
Scientists involved with the China-Argentina Radio Telescope (CART) said essential parts shipped from China that had been held up at Argentine customs since September 3 could soon be released. However, academics have suggested that more political leverage will be needed to overcome US opposition to the project.
7. China and Cook Islands team up on marine survey as rare earths race expands to sea

China and the Cook Islands have wrapped up their first joint scientific expedition in the South Pacific, a region emerging as a focal point in the geopolitical race for rare earths.


Chinese coal mine accident, Cathay Pacific flight turbulence: 5 weekend reads you missed

Selfies and symbolism: behind the scenes from Xi’s summit with Trump and Putin

Leaders Xi, Putin meet over tea; rare earth find in northeast China: SCMP’s 7 highlights

Shenzhen’s 24-hour spa, a glimpse of 1970s Hong Kong: 7 Lifestyle highlights

SCMP Highlights

How China is closing tech gap on the West; rare earth mineral find: SCMP daily highlights

A Long March-3B rocket carrying a cluster of BeiDou satellites blasts off from a launch site in southwest China last year. Photo: Xinhua

Chinese scientists have recovered a naturally formed mineral with rare earth elements from the Blemchnum orientale fern, offering a potential for phytomining, according to the team. Photo: Shutterstock

Beijing Institute of Technology has received a ‘permanent’ ban from China’s military procurement process after being accused by the PLA of bid-rigging and “transferring benefits during the bidding process”. Photo: Shutterstock Images

Researchers from China and the Cook Islands have completed a nine-day survey mission in the South Pacific. Photo: Cook Islands Seabed Minerals Authority

As China’s central bank projects confidence, are rate cuts on the back burner?

People walk past the People’s Bank of China headquarters in Beijing. The central bank signalled confidence in China meeting its annual growth target in its latest report. Photo: AFP

People walk past the People’s Bank of China headquarters in Beijing. The central bank signalled confidence in China meeting its annual growth target in its latest report. Photo: Kyodo

China’s nuclear-powered carrier can add rail gun, other futuristic weapons: expert

A US Navy electromagnetic rail gun prototype. Funding for the project ceased by 2022. Photo: US Navy

As C919 output falters, China’s Comac scrambles for Western engines amid global bottleneck

A model of GE Aerospace’s Leap-1C engine, which is used exclusively to power China’s home-grown Comac C919 aircraft, is displayed at last week’s China International Import Expo in Shanghai. Photo: Frank Chen

News

China

From China’s ‘strategic new frontiers’ to scientists discovering rare earth minerals in a fern, here’s a round-up from today’s coverage


From China’s ‘strategic new frontiers’ to scientists discovering rare earth minerals in a fern, here’s a round-up from today’s coverage.


How China is closing tech gap on the West; rare earth mineral find: SCMP daily highlights

.css-1c6uqr6{color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;overflow-wrap:break-word;}From China’s ‘strategic new frontiers’ to scientists discovering rare earth minerals in a fern, here’s a round-up from today’s coverage

1. From reusable rockets to deep-sea dives: how China closes tech gap on the West

From China’s ‘strategic new frontiers’ to scientists discovering rare earth minerals in a fern, here’s a round-up from today’s coverage