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What is behind China’s rapid rise as a pharmaceutical powerhouse?

ADCs are a newer class of cancer drugs designed to target tumours more precisely. They have three main parts: A monoclonal antibody that targets a specific protein on the surface of cancer cells. Chemotherapy drug payloads. Linker molecules that connect the two. The linker is engineered to break apart once the ADC enters a cancer cell, releasing its toxic payload. This helps limit damage to healthy cells. Zhu believes the US still leads China in identifying the right biological targets, but argues that China is especially strong in the technical and chemical aspects of developing these drugs. "(It's about) what kind of linker you choose, what kind of payload you design. You need medicinal chemists to design it, and then you have to engineer it," he said. "On this side, China's capability is actually very strong – and getti ng stronger. China has excellent medicinal chemists and excellent engineers, and we can also scale up well." He added that Chinese t...

China sees consumption boom during Spring Festival holiday

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Australian warship transits Taiwan Strait, tracked by China's navy

China's state-backed Global Times newspaper, citing an unnamed Chinese military source, reported late on Saturday that "the Chinese People's Liberation Army carried out full-process tracking, monitoring, and alert operations throughout the transit." US warships traverse the strait every few months, enraging Beijing, and some US allies, such as France, Australia, Britain and Canada, have also made occasional transits. China has ramped up its military presence around Taiwan and staged its latest war games around the island in late December. Taiwan's government rejects Beijing's sovereignty claims, saying only the island's people can decide their future.

China calls for cancelling unilateral tariffs

China urged the United States on Monday to cancel unilateral tariffs announced by President Donald Trump after the US Supreme Court struck down many of his measures. The court ruled six to three on Friday that Trump does not have the authority to impose tariffs under a 1977 law he has relied on to impose sudden levies on individual countries, upending global trade. Trump reacted furiously, announcing first a new 10 percent global duty on imports under a different legal authority, before raising it to 15 percent on Saturday. China's commerce ministry said on Monday it was conducting a "comprehensive assessment" of the ruling's impact, and called on Washington to lift the tariffs. "China urges the United States to cancel its unilateral tariff measures on its trading partners," the ministry said in a statement. "There are no winners in a trade war and that protectionism leads nowhere." The new 15 percent global duties are due to kick in on Tuesd...

How archaeology reveals roots of Chinese civilisation

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Brazil races to China beef cap as 55% tariff risks price collapse

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China scrambles jets to challenge US fighter jets near Korea, says Yonhap

US and Chinese fighter jets briefly faced off above waters near the Korean Peninsula this week, Yonhap News reported, marking a rare confrontation in that area between the two superpowers. (Feb 20): US and Chinese fighter jets briefly faced off above waters near the Korean Peninsula this week, Yonhap News reported, marking a rare confrontation in that area between the two superpowers. Around 10 US fighter jets on Wednesday departed an airbase in Pyeongtaek for drills above international waters off South Korea's western coast, the news outlet reported citing military sources it didn't identify. While the US planes didn't enter China's air defence identification zone, Beijing scrambled planes as they neared that region, according to the report. "The Chinese People's Liberation Army organised naval and air forces to monitor and effectively respond to the activ ities throughout the process, in accordance with laws and regulations," the...

How China overtook the US in hypersonic arms and may leave air defences ‘powerless’

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