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South China Morning Post
09-04-2025
- Science
- South China Morning Post
China's quest for cheaper cancer cure, Comac's quiet supersonic jet: 7 science highlights
We have put together stories from our coverage on science from the past two weeks to help you stay informed. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing A decade ago, treating cancer with personalised mRNA vaccines seemed like a US$1 million gamble per patient, a therapy reserved for the ultra-rich. But Chinese biotech start-ups are aiming to change that – by designing cancer therapy for a fraction of the cost and also taking on Western pharmaceutical giants in the process. Wang Xiaofeng, whose homes in Indiana were raided on Friday, has focused his recent research on data protection to support AI and using AI technologies to protect computing systems and 5G networks. Photo: Handout US cybersecurity expert Wang Xiaofeng planned to join a university in Singapore before the FBI raided his homes, according to a letter from the employer of the tenured professor. In the letter from the provost of Indiana University, Bloomington (IUB) obtained by Indiana Public Media, Wang, a professor of computer science, engineering and informatics, was told that the university 'has decided to terminate your employment effective immediately'.
South China Morning Post
04-04-2025
- Politics
- South China Morning Post
US diplomats in China face relationship ban, Xiaomi's fatal car crash: 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 Wang Xiaofeng, who was named a distinguished member by the Association for Computing Machinery in 2021, joined Indiana University Bloomington as an assistant professor in 2004 after receiving his PhD in computer engineering from Carnegie Mellon University. Photo: Handout Security raids on the homes of a noted Chinese-American cybersecurity researcher have reignited fears of racial profiling in Trump-led America, under what some are calling a de facto 'China Initiative 2.0'. The US government has imposed a sweeping ban prohibiting American diplomats, their families and security-cleared contractors in China from engaging in romantic or sexual relationships with Chinese citizens, Associated Press has reported. Zhang Yiming, the founder of ByteDance and China's richest man, has not obtained Singaporean citizenship, according to a statement from Douyin, the Chinese sister app of TikTok.
South China Morning Post
31-03-2025
- Politics
- South China Morning Post
China Initiative 2.0? Raids on scientist Wang Xiaofeng revive spectre from first Trump era
Security raids on the homes of a noted Chinese-American cybersecurity researcher have reignited fears of racial profiling in Trump-led America, under what some are calling a de facto ' China Initiative 2.0 '. Advertisement According to local media, officers from the US Federal Bureau of Investigation and Department of Homeland Security on Friday searched two homes owned by Wang Xiaofeng, a professor at Indiana University Bloomington. The searches in the cities of Bloomington and Carmel were carried out under a court warrant, but authorities did not disclose the grounds for the operation, a report said, citing an FBI spokeswoman in the Indiana state capital. The raids have left the Chinese-American scientific community bracing for a return of the politically charged investigations that upended academic collaboration under the first Donald Trump administration. A Chinese biologist working at the National Institutes of Health – the largest US funding agency for biomedical research – told the Post on condition of anonymity that Wang's case had given Chinese-origin scientists in the US another reason to feel 'a deeper chill'. Advertisement ''China Initiative 2.0' has always been a topic of discussion in the US,' the biologist said, referencing a policy launched under Trump in late 2018.
