China Pushing the Envelope on Science, and Sometimes Ethics
John Pomfret writes in the Washington Post: Centuries after it led the world in technological prowess — think gunpowder, irrigation and the printed word — China has barged back into the ranks of the...
View ArticleChina Building World’s Largest … Radio Telescope!
The Five-hundred-metre Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST), under construction in Guizhou, will dwarf the 305-metre dish at Puerto Rico’s Arecibo Observatory, currently the world’s largest. From...
View ArticleDissident Physicist Fang Lizhi Dies
Astrophysicist and democracy activist Fang Lizhi has passed away in Arizona. A former professor at China’s University of Science and Technology, Fang was an eloquent and outspoken dissident who helped...
View ArticlePerry Link: On Fang Lizhi
In the New York Review of Books, Perry Link remembers his friend Fang Lizhi, the physicist and one of China’s most prominent dissidents, who died last week: Fang’s path through life observed a pattern...
View ArticleAn Appreciation of Physicist Fang Lizhi
Physicist Fang Lizhi, who died in April, became most widely known for his year-long refuge in the American embassy in Beijing, beginning on June 5th, 1989. In China Quarterly and the Forum on...
View ArticleChina Braces For End Of World
With the apocalypse now less than ten days away, China has been joining in the global festival of panic, resignation and denial at the imminent extinction of humanity. At China Real Time Report, Chao...
View ArticleChina’s “Bio-Google” Hunts for Roots of Genius
At The Wall Street Journal, Gautam Naik details one of Chinese gene-sequencing firm BGI‘s current projects: a search for the genetic roots of exceptional intelligence, conducted together with Robert...
View Article‘Hi! I’m Fang!’ The Man Who Changed China
At The New York Review of Books, Perry Link shares eight favorite memories of “astrophysicist, activist, and dissident” Fang Lizhi, who died on April 6th last year. In May, 1989, while student...
View ArticleWas Fang Lizhi a “Black Hand” in 1989?
Fang Lizhi, the prominent astrophysicist who was sheltered by the US embassy and then fled China after the 1989 pro-democracy protests, denies any role behind the movement in his newly-published...
View ArticleScientists Boycott NASA Conference Over China Ban
As NASA lies mostly dormant amid the U.S. government shutdown, scientists are challenging a Congressional ban on the use of its facilities by Chinese nationals. The restriction has left Chinese...
View ArticleShow Me the Money
For Science, Mara Hvistendahl recounts the experiences of theoretical physicist Ulf Leonhardt, who was contracted to spend three months a year at the Centre for Optical and Electromagnetic Research...
View ArticleMedia, Ministry Admonished Over False Information
Soon after barring children from reality TV and scrubbing the colorful language of a rising vlogger, China’s top media regulator has scolded 15 outlets for publishing false news reports. From Reuters’...
View ArticleVPN Crackdown Hits Science, Business Communities
Internet censorship has long been a thorn in the side of activists, journalists, and others who seek out news and information that may be banned in China. The ongoing crackdown on online speech under...
View ArticleMinitrue: Control News on CRISPR Babies
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been leaked and distributed online. The name of the issuing body has been omitted to protect the source....
View ArticleBeijing Mourns “Father of Hybrid Rice” Yuan Longping as it Censors Critical...
This weekend, the Chinese public mourned the passing of Yuan Longping, the Chinese agronomist whose scientific breakthroughs in rice development helped to usher in the Green Revolution that ended...
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