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South China Morning Post
3 days ago
- General
- South China Morning Post
US military personnel in Taiwan, mainland China's ‘cure' to Hyperloop flaw: SCMP's 7 highlights
We have selected seven stories from this week's news across Hong Kong, mainland China, the wider Asia region and beyond that resonated with our readers and shed light on topical issues. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing Washington's disclosure that around 500 US military personnel are stationed in Taiwan signals more open and substantial defence support for the island – a pivot from a previously discreet partnership that is openly testing Beijing's red lines, according to analysts. After spending 35 years in the United States pioneering research on the neural circuits that govern sleep and executive brain functions of the frontal cortex, neuroscientist Dan Yang has returned to China to join the Shenzhen Medical Academy of Research and Translation (SMART) as a senior principal investigator. Chinese ambassador to Canberra Xiao Qian said he hoped Australia would view issues around the leasing of Darwin port 'objectively'. Photo: Handout China's ambassador to Australia has described the Australian government's plan to end a Chinese firm's control of the strategically located Darwin Port as 'questionable', saying the company should not be punished.
South China Morning Post
3 days ago
- General
- South China Morning Post
US military personnel in Taiwan, China's ‘cure' to Hyperloop flaw: SCMP's 7 highlights
We have selected seven stories from this week's news across Hong Kong, mainland China, the wider Asia region and beyond that resonated with our readers and shed light on topical issues. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing Washington's disclosure that around 500 US military personnel are stationed in Taiwan signals more open and substantial defence support for the island – a pivot from a previously discreet partnership that is openly testing Beijing's red lines, according to analysts. After spending 35 years in the United States pioneering research on the neural circuits that govern sleep and executive brain functions of the frontal cortex, neuroscientist Dan Yang has returned to China to join the Shenzhen Medical Academy of Research and Translation (SMART) as a senior principal investigator. Chinese ambassador to Canberra Xiao Qian said he hoped Australia would view issues around the leasing of Darwin port 'objectively'. Photo: Handout China's ambassador to Australia has described the Australian government's plan to end a Chinese firm's control of the strategically located Darwin Port as 'questionable', saying the company should not be punished.
South China Morning Post
6 days ago
- Business
- South China Morning Post
China industrial profits on upward trend, Xinjiang eyes travel boom: SCMP daily highlights
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 China's large industrial enterprises posted modest but accelerating growth in April, despite an unprecedented trade war with the United States that drove up tariffs on both sides and intensified economic uncertainty. China's Xinjiang – an ethnically diverse region that still faces Western sanctions over a slew of human-rights issues – plans to open up to more foreign visitors, as the local government strives to boost tourism and diversify the regional economy. The return of Dan Yang, along with her husband Mu-ming Poo, to China signals a growing trend of top-tier scientists being drawn to the nation's ambitious research ecosystem. Photo: Undated handout After spending 35 years in the United States pioneering research on the neural circuits that govern sleep and executive brain functions of the frontal cortex, neuroscientist Dan Yang has returned to China to join the Shenzhen Medical Academy of Research and Translation (SMART) as a senior principal investigator.
South China Morning Post
6 days ago
- Health
- South China Morning Post
Top neuroscientist Dan Yang leaves US for China, reunites with mentor-husband Mu-ming Poo
After spending 35 years in the United States pioneering research on the neural circuits that govern sleep and executive brain functions of the frontal cortex, neuroscientist Dan Yang has returned to China to join the Shenzhen Medical Academy of Research and Translation (SMART) as a senior principal investigator. Advertisement Dan was elected to the US National Academy of Sciences (NAS) in 2018 in recognition of her 'contributions to understanding the microcircuits underlying cortical computation, cellular mechanisms for functional plasticity, and neural circuits controlling sleep'. Last month, she was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She was introduced as the second full-time principal investigator at SMART earlier this month. The move has allowed Dan to reunite with her husband, Professor Mu-ming Poo , 77, a fellow NAS member and prominent life scientist, who renounced his US citizenship in 2017 to lead research initiatives in Shanghai. The two scientists were the first NAS-member couple to repatriate to China, signalling a growing trend of top-tier scientists being drawn to the nation's ambitious research ecosystem. Advertisement Dan, who is in her late-fifties, has made transformative discoveries in cortical computation. According to Google Scholar, she has published more than 90 articles with over 24,000 citations.
