Studying science popularization in China offers a unique perspective on one of the most significant transformations in modern history: the resurgence of the Chinese civilization and its evolving path ...

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Young researchers have long come to the U.S. for academic training, but a combination of Chinese money and U.S. restrictions ...

Dan Tao is associate research fellow at the Research Institute of Science Education, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China. In early 2025, the Chinese artificial-intelligence company DeepSeek, ...

As the United States marks the 250th anniversary of its founding, it confronts a new world order dominated by its relationship with China. In this wide-ranging series, we examine the pressure points ...

Xin Fan is vice-dean and a professor of history at the Institute of Humanities, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai, China. A narrative has taken hold that science and the humanities are at odds. In ...

China’s successful recovery of a reusable rocket has sparked debate among aerospace experts over whether its unconventional approach could actually cut the cost of reaching space. On Friday, the ...

American scientists have voiced opposition to a proposed rule which seeks to ban federal funding for US science collaboration with China, saying that it would instead hurt US interest, the Washington ...

Li Dangsheng, Vita co-editor-in-chief and chief scientific officer at Shanghai Academy of Natural Sciences, said journals ...

As China’s era of catch-up growth fades, experts warn that profound issues in research culture and institutional incentives may hamstring the country’s ambition to become a leader in scientific ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

China has long been dismissed as the world’s factory floor—a country that excels at manufacturing technologies invented elsewhere yet is unable to invent anything radically new on its own. But it has ...