China continues to prioritize research and development despite the country’s slowing economy, with the drive for scientific self-sufficiency superseding economic development alone, according to ...

China's biotech revival is pushing up prices of laboratory monkeys used in drug testing, as renewed R&D activity collides ...

The US led in five major scientific fields, namely geosciences, clinical medicine, biological sciences, astronomy and ...

Vaccine expert Hu Haitao, who studied under Drew Weissman, the Nobel laureate and pioneer of mRNA biology, has given up his tenured position at a US research institute and returned to China – a ...

This week, China’s lunar probe returned to Earth with the first ever samples from the surface of the far side of the moon. This historic feat is a milestone for China’s space program, but it has ...

More than 1,000 people will lose their jobs — and others will be relocated to sites outside China. This follows Microsoft’s similar move in May. In a call, an IBM exec blamed increasing competition in ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for steady, goal-oriented progress as China enters a new phase of development, urging ...

Today, China is an innovation powerhouse, overtaking the U.S. in critical technology sectors, including advanced manufacturing, consumer drones and electric vehicles. China’s gains should stir ...

New data suggests that the United States’ increased focus on research security in recent years may be weakening its competitive advantage over China. Until around 2018, when the U.S. began increasing ...

China’s rise in science has been even more dramatic than its rapid economic development. China and the United States currently spend far more on research and development and publish significantly more ...

In the last decade, a profound shift has taken place in global academia that has fundamentally altered the hierarchy of scientific research. China, once considered a peripheral player in cutting-edge ...