China Science News API

Get the live top science headlines from China with one request to the Top Headlines endpoint of GNews API. Headlines are based on Google News rankings and returned as JSON.

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This request returns the current top science headlines from China. The response below is live: it was fetched when this page loaded. Every parameter is described in the Top Headlines endpoint documentation.

GET https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?category=science&country=cn&apikey=YOUR_API_KEY

curl --get "https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines" \
  --data-urlencode "category=science" \
  --data-urlencode "country=cn" \
  --data-urlencode "apikey=YOUR_API_KEY"

import requests

API_KEY = "YOUR_API_KEY"

response = requests.get(
    "https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines",
    params={"category": "science", "country": "cn", "apikey": API_KEY},
    timeout=10,
)
response.raise_for_status()

for article in response.json()["articles"]:
    print(article["title"])

const API_KEY = "YOUR_API_KEY";

const params = new URLSearchParams({
    category: "science",
    country: "cn",
    apikey: API_KEY,
});

const response = await fetch(`https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?${params}`);
if (!response.ok) {
    throw new Error(`Request failed: ${response.status}`);
}

const { articles } = await response.json();
for (const article of articles) {
    console.log(article.title);
}

On the Free plan, browsers can only call the API from localhost: see Using the API in the FAQ.

<?php

$apiKey = "YOUR_API_KEY";

$params = http_build_query([
    "category" => "science",
    "country"  => "cn",
    "apikey"   => $apiKey,
]);

$response = file_get_contents("https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?" . $params);
if ($response === false) {
    throw new RuntimeException("Request failed");
}

$data = json_decode($response, true);
foreach ($data["articles"] as $article) {
    echo $article["title"] . PHP_EOL;
}

using System.Net.Http.Json;

const string ApiKey = "YOUR_API_KEY";

using var client = new HttpClient();

var url = $"https://gnews.io/api/v4/top-headlines?category=science&country=cn&apikey={ApiKey}";
var data = await client.GetFromJsonAsync<ApiResponse>(url)
           ?? throw new InvalidOperationException("Empty response");

foreach (var article in data.Articles)
{
    Console.WriteLine(article.Title);
}

record ApiResponse(List<Article> Articles);
record Article(string Title);

200 OK · Live JSON response

{
    "totalArticles": 17464,
    "articles": [
        {
            "id": "84dab634568189965825c3b8111ddabe",
            "title": "清华毕业生英国留学疑遭电诈 转账45万后失联",
            "description": "清华大学化学系本科毕业、刚入读伦敦大学学院（UCL）硕士学生施宇（化名）在英国疑似遭遇诈骗，至今已失联超过48小时。11月3日下午，施宇的母亲徐丽（化名）告诉时代周报记者，目前施宇仍处于失联状态。徐丽还表示，自己已通过各种渠道进行寻人。...",
            "content": "清华大学化学系本科毕业、刚入读伦敦大学学院（UCL）硕士学生施宇（化名）在英国疑似遭遇诈骗，至今已失联超过48小时。\n11月3日下午，施宇的母亲徐丽（化名）告诉时代周报记者，目前施宇仍处于失联状态。徐丽还表示，自己已通过各种渠道进行寻人。\n“（我们）已经报案了，国内的警方已经介入调查，英国警方和大使馆也在帮忙找人。”\n失联的学生 图源：受访者\n据她称，施宇今年23岁，本科毕业于清华大学化学系，2026年秋季入学伦敦大学学院（UCL）化学系攻读有机化学（药物发现方向）理学硕士学位，居住于博蒙特公寓... [1022 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.wenxuecity.com/news/2026/11/03/126824910.html",
            "image": "https://www.wenxuecity.com/data/news/202611/03/63f5463af7739aba53d85495d90bf2a2.webp",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-03T15:18:53Z",
            "lang": "zh",
            "source": {
                "id": "50b40c854b6a1a09ec98d3d19a5f5ea5",
                "name": "文学城",
                "url": "https://www.wenxuecity.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "831b98166360f1abd3122b281eb2ad04",
            "title": "超级厄尔尼诺来袭！南加下周迎大气河 紧急状态已宣告",
            "description": "万圣节的积水刚刚退去，洛杉矶迎来了70华氏度的晴朗周末。但气象学家盯着的，是11月10日之后的一周。一条横跨太平洋的水汽走廊，正在将瞄准镜对准美国西海岸——而南加州，这次没有被排除在射程之外。...",
            "content": "万圣节的积水刚刚退去，洛杉矶迎来了70华氏度的晴朗周末。但气象学家盯着的，是11月10日之后的一周。一条横跨太平洋的水汽走廊，正在将瞄准镜对准美国西海岸——而南加州，这次没有被排除在射程之外。\n美国国家气象局（NWS）周二在预报中给出了一个谨慎但不容忽视的判断：有一股大气河可能在11月10日至12日期间袭击太平洋西北部和北加州，概率约为60%；但它同时存在20%至40%的概率向南偏移，在11月10日至16日之间进入南加州。\nNWS在展望中补充，西海岸和西南部“持续存在强降水和强风的轻微风险”，高... [835 chars]",
            "url": "https://www.wenxuecity.com/news/2026/11/02/126824685.html",
            "image": "https://www.wenxuecity.comhttps://cdn.wenxuecity.net/data/news/c40dc290ee07883d25cdc7060d46ffabb3fb2ac858c6278348a92d4aa4424e92.png",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-03T07:51:34Z",
            "lang": "zh",
            "source": {
                "id": "50b40c854b6a1a09ec98d3d19a5f5ea5",
                "name": "文学城",
                "url": "https://www.wenxuecity.com"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": "c1974536ec05db7af3825dcf84505731",
            "title": "关于冻土，你需要知道的三件事",
            "description": "你对永久冻土了解多少？也许你和我一样，知道这种冻结的土壤正在融化，也知道它是全球气候变化问题中的重要一环……但除此之外，恐怕就知之甚少了。　好消息是，我的同事詹姆斯·坦普尔（James Temple）刚刚发表了两篇关于永久冻土的深度报道。为了完成这些",
            "content": "你对永久冻土了解多少？也许你和我一样，知道这种冻结的土壤正在融化，也知道它是全球气候变化问题中的重要一环……但除此之外，恐怕就知之甚少了。\n好消息是，我的同事詹姆斯·坦普尔（James Temple）刚刚发表了两篇关于永久冻土的深度报道。为了完成这些报道，他前往阿拉斯加的北方森林，乘坐直升机深入荒野，试图弄清这种物质究竟会如何影响当下及未来的全球气候。\n我非常推荐大家读一读詹姆斯的这两篇报道。第一篇聚焦于人们如何应对愈演愈烈的野火，因为这些火灾正威胁着永久冻土的存续；第二篇则探讨了研究人员如何努... [1482 chars]",
            "url": "https://tech.creaders.net/2026/11/03/3065265.html",
            "image": "https://pub.creaders.net/upload_files/image/202611/20261103_17937458841801.png",
            "publishedAt": "2026-11-03T06:45:22Z",
            "lang": "zh",
            "source": {
                "id": "9b227675995c98208d0f2c095be0e249",
                "name": "万维读者网",
                "url": "https://tech.creaders.net"
            }
        }
    ]
}

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