From a teenage surrogate mother to a RedNote rendezvous in Shanghai, here are five stories from SCMP’s recent reporting.

The debut economy has become a critical tool for cities across China to enhance their competitive edge. As early as 2018, Shanghai pioneered the concept of the first-store economy, which has since ...

China has launched its first artificial intelligence-powered monitoring system for non-coal mines, marking a major step in ...

The fatal crash has raised alarms about the risks of smart driving. As 2025 is regarded as the first year of nationwide smart ...

A young woman in China is paying a small fee of 50 yuan (US$7) each month to sleep in an office toilet, as she struggles to ...

FROM designer dupes and Disney collections to trendy homeware, Primark has built up a reputation for being the cheap ‘one ...

Lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) have been widely used in new energy technologies. However, external factors such as pressure, vibration, temperature ...

"Book bricks" is the colloquial term restorers use for ancient books that have hardened into solid blocks. Some books are so ...

Detecting electrolyte leakage is an effective early warning approach for abnormal faults in lithium-ion batteries (LIBs).

The city of Wuhan is once again at the forefront of mathematical excellence as it produces three of the six athletes selected for China's National Team for the 2025 International Mathematical Olympiad ...

The semi-invasive system developed by CIBR and its affiliated start-up NeuCyber NeuroTech have completed their first three ...

On March 30, 2025, the Hubei Provincial Bowling Championship concluded at the Wanda Kangba Bowling Hall in Wuhan, marking a significant event in the province's sports calendar. Over four action-packed ...