Dannie Peng
Science Journalist at South China Morning Post
award-winning science journalist | investigative stories on science, healthcare, Covid-19, environment... | @SCMPnews | writes about China science
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5 days ago |
scmp.com | Dannie Peng
The Shuangjiangkou hydropower project in southwest China – which will be the world’s tallest dam when completed – began storing water on May 1, its developer said, taking it a step closer to getting up and running. The 36 billion yuan (US$4.9 billion) project in the Aba Tibetan and Qiang autonomous prefecture, in Sichuan province, has been under construction for nearly a decade and will be used for power generation and flood control.
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1 week ago |
scmp.com | Dannie Peng
Power grid engineering expert Li Licheng has signed a contract with a Chinese private commercial crewed space flight company, booking a seat on a space tourism voyage – at the age of 84. Li, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, booked a seat on the inaugural flight, which will depart in 2028, according to a post on Beijing Interstellor Human Spaceflight Technology’s social media account on April 17.
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1 week ago |
scmp.com | Dannie Peng
Award-winning materials scientist Li Yongxi has left the United States for a position at China’s Nanjing University (NJU). Li, formerly an associate research scientist at the University of Michigan’s department of electrical and computer engineering, was lured back as part of China’s national high-level overseas young talent programme.
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2 weeks ago |
scmp.com | Dannie Peng
Dong Mingzhu, a towering figure in China’s business world, has ignited a heated debate with comments that her company would avoid hiring executives educated abroad because of the risk they might be spies and because she preferred home-grown talent.
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2 weeks ago |
flipboard.com | Dannie Peng
11 hours agoThe manufacturing move aims to address massive US tariffs against China that could spur higher prices on the company's biggest-selling product. Apple could be sourcing its entire line of iPhones for the US market -- about 60 million devices a year -- from assembly facilities in India by the end of …
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My latest piece writes about a rising alternative theory on the origins of modern humans, which aims to overturn the conventional hypothesis and argues instead that East Asia was the most likely origin. See more at: https://t.co/GagS0P7Jc9
ETH Zurich to restrict admission of students from countries including China in its latest security screening policy. This is unusual for a country who sticks to political neutrality and has led to some critics. I got the reply from the university. https://t.co/hUqvR4DF1H
Spent nearly three weeks investigating this issue; though some content is simplified, still proud of what I have recorded. Institut Pasteur of Shanghai renamed the Shanghai Institute of Immunology and Infection as scientific collaboration ends https://t.co/odYkM7WEsU