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Organ appears to function for 10 days, raising prospect of short-term use for those on transplant list
A genetically modified pig liver that was transplanted into a brain-dead patient appeared to function successfully inside their body for 10 days, according to the scientists who performed the groundbreaking procedure.
The surgery, at a Chinese hospital last year, is thought to mark the first time a pig liver has been transplanted into a human. It raises the prospect of pig livers serving as a “bridging organ” for patients on the waiting list for a transplant or to support liver function while their own organ regenerates.

Emma Raducanu, a Chinese-American sensation, first gained international acclaim in 2021 after her remarkable run at the US Open where she clinched her inaugural Grand Slam title by defeating Leylah ...

The Trump administration on Tuesday introduced a new round of export controls in an effort to further stifle China’s access to U.S. technology. The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) announced that ...

In a letter to Dr. Darryll Pines, President of the University of Maryland, College Park, a U.S. congressional committee said a "large influx" of Chinese national students at academic institutions pose ...

Recently, an American YouTube sensation known as "IShowSpeed," who has 37 million followers on the platform, has streamed his trip to China live for six hours in a row. Through his lens, overseas ...

In a moment that bridged continents and cultures, netizens in China and around the world watched as Brecken—who found a new online home on China’s RedNote after TikTok’s shutdown—finally met his ...

Ted Hui received letter offering reward for information about his family after China accused Australia of interfering with its internal affairs
The foreign affairs minister, Penny Wong, has described another threatening letter sent to an exiled Hong Kong dissident in Australia as “reprehensible”, a “threat to our national sovereignty” and “the safety and security of Australians”.
The anonymous letter, mailed from Hong Kong and sent to Ted Hui’s Adelaide office, offered his colleagues $203,000 for information on his whereabouts and his family. It arrived just days after China’s foreign ministry accused the Albanese government of interfering with its internal affairs.

The additions included companies that are customers of Intel and Nvidia, and one firm that was the focus of a New York Times investigation last year.

Annual report says Beijing making ‘steady but uneven’ progress on capabilities to capture Taiwan
remains the United States’ top military and cyber threat, according to a new report by US intelligence agencies that said Beijing was making “steady but uneven” progress on capabilities it could use to capture Taiwan.
has the ability to hit the United States with conventional weapons, compromise US infrastructure through cyber-attacks, and , as well as seeking to displace the US as the top AI power by 2030, the Annual Threat Assessment by the intelligence community said.

Plane was over Pacific Ocean when pilot realized he didn’t have his document and headed back to switch out crew
Passengers heading to aboard a recent flight faced an unexpected travel headache after a pilot’s forgotten passport prompted their return to the United States.
Flight UA198 from to Shanghai was over the Pacific Ocean on Saturday afternoon when it made a U-turn and headed to , tracking data showed.

President Trump's alienation of allies and his dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development are welcome news for China, a scholar in Beijing tells NPR.

MPs likely to be whipped against move to add protections, as government says it is already taking action on risk of forced labour
Ministers have been accused of turning a “blind eye to slavery” by ordering Labour MPs to remove legal protections to stop money being spent by state-owned Great British Energy on solar panels manufactured by forced labour in China.
The protections were added to the government bill in the House of Lords via an amendment from the cross-bench peer David Alton, which said the new body must not spend money on solar or other materials where supply chains had “credible evidence of modern slavery”.