I imagine if this was discovered in, say, Argentina, then there'd be a good chance of some Argentinian scientist participating in the discovery.
Call it the anthropic principle of archeology :)
Call it the anthropic principle of archeology :)
Edit: Someone doesn't appreciate this comment. Astute professional analysts the world over know that official figures that come out of China are among the least reliable on the planet.
And while scientific misconduct is not unheard of anywhere, China's hardly a shining example in that regard.
Lastly, good Chinese research agencies themselves are having a difficult time keeping up with numerous bad actors who are doing their best to fraudulently publish papers.
This isn't xenophobia, it's a fair appraisal of the sometimes inconsistent qualities of the world's societies.
And which percentage of the researchers are involved in this? 1%? 0.1%? 0.01%? Do you have any studies you could link to that in any way quantify this?
China's research spending and number of research articles produced today is second only to the U.S. There are always going to be some bad apples among that many researchers. That should in no way discredit the rest of the profession.