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Hello, this is Melissa Zhu from SCMP’s tech desk in Hong Kong with your Saturday morning round-up of this week’s biggest stories about China tech: more complications surrounding the US TikTok deal, Hu...
A home-grown Hong Kong company plans to join a growing list of firms tapping the city’s stock market for capital for health care-related investment amid the Covid-19 pandemic. GeneHarbor (Hong Kong) B...
A team led by Chinese researchers say they have succeeding in producing genetically modified pigs with cells that are more compatible with the human immune system, paving the way for safe and effectiv...
Are electronic cigarettes a safe alternative to smoking? The World Health Organisation (WHO) says no, but China’s largest e-cigarette brand Relx Technology thinks more research could prove otherwise. ...
Evive Biotech, a unit of Shenzhen-listed Yifan Pharmaceutical, aims to break the dominance of American drugs developer Amgen in the US$5.5 billion global market for a type of post-chemotherapy treatme...
Hybribio, one of the three mainland Chinese biotechnology groups involved in the Hong Kong government’s Covid-19 mass testing scheme, plans to expand its operations in the city, a top executive said. ...
China’s minister of science and technology has invited technology talent to enjoy what he called the “China opportunity”, amid an escalating tech war that has seen controls, such as visas, tightened f...
Chinese tech giant Baidu is in talks with investors to raise up to US$2 billion over three years for a biotech start-up, which will use artificial intelligence (AI) technology to discover new drugs an...
China’s biotechnology merger and acquisition (M&A) transactions have almost doubled this year, with interest perking up among investors amid a global rush to develop a cure for the Covid-19 disease. S...
CanSino Biologics, which developed a Covid-19 vaccine candidate with the Chinese military’s research arm, will start testing its vaccine candidate on humans in Russia as part of its global search for ...