Ling Xin

6 days ago | johnmenadue.com | Ling Xin

Increasing numbers of scientists are eyeing opportunities in Australia, Canada, China and Europe amid threatened cuts to funding. A brain drain hitting American universities is expected to gather pace before the start of the new academic year as funding cuts and attacks on academic freedom have led increasing numbers of academics to question whether they wish to stay in the United States.

1 week ago | scmp.com | Ling Xin

China has successfully tested a home-grown operating system in space, marking a major step towards reducing reliance on foreign software and boosting the performance of future small satellites.

1 week ago | scmp.com | Ling Xin

A brain drain hitting American universities is expected to gather pace before the start of the new academic year as funding cuts and attacks on academic freedom have led increasing numbers of academics to question whether they wish to stay in the United States.

2 weeks ago | scmp.com | Dewey Sim |Ling Xin

Jason, a Chinese geology student studying at a university in the American Midwest, was stunned when he read the news. “I could feel the hostility of the American government and voters toward China,” he said. “I was angry and confused. I also could not believe language like that would appear in an official announcement from any civilised country.”Jason’s disbelief was in response to the Trump administration’s declaration last month that it would “aggressively revoke visas for Chinese students”.

2 weeks ago | scmp.com | Ling Xin

China appears on the verge of carrying out a historic satellite-to-satellite refuelling mission in high orbit, a potential advance that has prompted the US to deploy two military surveillance satellites nearby to watch. The Shijian-25 satellite was launched this year to test on-orbit refuelling and mission-extension technologies, and has been drifting towards Shijian-21.