Three Teams Join Race to Build the World's Fastest Supercomputer
Exascale computers promise dramatic advances in climate modeling, genetics studies, and artificial intelligence
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Who Needs Democracy When You Have Data?
Here’s how China rules using data, AI, and internet surveillance.
The Challenges of Creating World-Class Universities in China
The obsession with internationalization had resulted in priority being given to overseas scholars and graduates and has diminished graduates of many top domestic universities to second or third-class status.
Chinese Researchers to Get More Autonomy over Lab Spending
Revised rules are designed to help researchers focus on their work and compete with their counterparts globally.
Understanding Open Knowledge in China: A Chinese Approach to Openness?
Understanding Open Knowledge in China: A Chinese Approach to Openness?
This paper examines the development of open knowledge in China through two case studies: the development of Chinese open access (OA) journals, and national-level OA repositories.
With Generous Funding and Top-Tier Jobs, China Seeks to Lure Science Talent from Abroad
China to Crack down on Fraud in Scandal-Hit Scientific Research
China to Crack down on Fraud in Scandal-Hit Scientific Research
New national guidelines spell out punishment for plagiarism, fabrication of data and research conclusions, ghostwriting and peer review manipulation.
China Issues Regulations for Improving Security and Management of Scientific Data
China Issues Regulations for Improving Security and Management of Scientific Data
The regulations issued by the State Council aim to improve the management, security, accuracy, and openness of scientific data.
Forget the Trade War. China Wants to Win the Computing Arms Race
Forget the Trade War. China Wants to Win the Computing Arms Race
As the U.S. and China threaten to impose tariffs on goods from aluminum to wine, the two nations are waging a separate economic battle that could determine who owns the next wave of computing.
Beijing Launches Pioneering Brain-Science Centre
China’s much-anticipated brain initiative finally starts to take shape.
Xi Jinping Power Grab Disturbs Students, Scholars Abroad
The altering of the Chinese national constitution to remove the text limiting China’s president and vice-president to two terms, cementing Xi Jinping’s leadership possibly for the next two decades, will mean a further ideological tightening in universities, and an extension of ‘Xi Jinping research’ in institutions.
Brain Drain Is Ending
Chinese officials say they are seeing a payoff from their investments in higher education.
#MeToo has hit China's universities, despite efforts of internet censors
The global #MeToo movement is slowly catching on in China, despite strict censorship on the internet. After highly-regarded Beihang University professor Chen Xiaowu was dismissed over multiple allegations of sexual misconduct, students and alumni from dozens of top universities have launched on petitions demanding that school administrators establish official policies …
China's Basic Science Research Funding Doubles in 5 Years
The percentage of funding for basic science R&D in the central government's total financial input in science and technology has reached the level of developed countries, according to an official overseeing resource allocation and management at the ministry.
The Rise and Fall of China’s Science Superstar
Han Chunyu retracted disputed ‘breakthrough’ research but still enjoys support from university and local government.
The World’s Largest Producer of Scientific Articles
For the first time, China has overtaken the United States in terms of the total number of science publications, according to statistics compiled by the US National Science Foundation (NSF).
China’s 'Long Arm'
Scholars and political leaders describe increasing concerns about Chinese government influence over teaching and research in the U.S. and Australia.
In China, a Three-Digit Score Could Dictate Your Place in Society
In China, a Three-Digit Score Could Dictate Your Place in Society
China is taking the idea of a credit score to the extreme, using big data to track and rank what you do - your purchases, your pastimes, your mistakes.
A Prestigious Research Publisher Gives in to China's Censorship
The Financial Times disclosed that Springer Nature has blocked access in China to at least 1,000 articles from the websites of two of its journals in response to Beijing’s censorship demands.
Top Chinese University to Consider Social-Media Posts in Researcher Evaluations
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