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What you described is true in 1950's until early 1980's. The government had dictatorial control over everything in academia. (Let's restrict our discussion in a

What you described is true in 1950's until early 1980's. The government had dictatorial control over everything in academia. (Let's restrict our discussion in academia. Otherwise, it would be a very large topic.) The scenarios in natural science research have been gradually opened up. The scientists doesn't enjoy as much academia freedom as in USA, but it is not as restrictive as the news media said. (That doesn't mean the government has no influence or control, either.) For example, in the article, Dr. Li Hui apparently disagrees with the continuity-with-hybridization model. Dr. Li Hui works in Fudan University, Shanghai. I did biology research in Beijing for two years in 1990's. My advisor openly challenged the research of a "government-sponsored" professor in department meetings. Many professors supported her, my advisor. I don't think she got any "special" treatments from the government. The last time I heard from her, she was enjoying her time after retirement.

drzaiusapelord 10y ago
Sorry pal, China is still like this: Authorities also tightened press restrictions. The State Administration of Press Publication, Radio, Film, and Television issued a directive in July requiring that Chinese journalists sign an agreement stating that they will not release unpublished information without prior approval from their employers and requiring that they pass political ideology exams before they can be issued official press cards. In July, the CCP’s disciplinary commission announced that researchers at the central Chinese Academic of Social Sciences had been “infiltrated by foreign forces” and participated in “illegal collusion” during politically sensitive periods. The party subsequently issued a rule that would make ideological evaluation a top requirement for assessing CASS researchers; those who fail are to be expelled. https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2015/country-chapters/china-and-tibet#eaa21f https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2015/country-chapters/china... Academic Fraud in China: http://www.chinesemedicalnews.com/2015/03/academic-fraud-in-china-43-medical.html http://www.chinesemedicalnews.com/2015/03/academic-fraud-in-... The open access publisher BioMedCentral has this week announced the retraction of 43 medical journal publications by Chinese researchers after it discovered widespread peer review fraud. Most of the articles were submitted by medical researchers at universities in China, including China Medical University, Sichuan University, Shandong University and Jiaotong University Medical School.
- muddyrivers 10y ago
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- dang 10y ago
  > Sorry pal, Including uncivil swipes like that in your arguments here will eventually get you banned, so please be scrupulously civil from now on, especially when commenting on inflammatory topics and/or when you think someone else is wrong.
  - drzaiusapelord 10y ago
    Are you a native english speaker? I don't think saying "sorry pal" is a bannable offense here.
    - dang 10y ago
      The issue is whether an account has a pattern of incivility, which yours unfortunately does. Please fix this.
delazeur 10y ago
> The scientists doesn't enjoy as much academia freedom as in USA, but it is not as restrictive as the news media said. There are problems with scientific freedom in the U.S. related to funding and job retention. Even if the situation in China isn't as bad as it used to be, it's still not good.

drzaiusapelord 10y ago

Sorry pal, China is still like this: Authorities also tightened press restrictions. The State Administration of Press Publication, Radio, Film, and Television issued a directive in July requiring that Chinese journalists sign an agreement stating that they will not release unpublished information without prior approval from their employers and requiring that they pass political ideology exams before they can be issued official press cards. In July, the CCP’s disciplinary commission announced that researchers at the central Chinese Academic of Social Sciences had been “infiltrated by foreign forces” and participated in “illegal collusion” during politically sensitive periods. The party subsequently issued a rule that would make ideological evaluation a top requirement for assessing CASS researchers; those who fail are to be expelled. https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2015/country-chapters/china-and-tibet#eaa21f https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2015/country-chapters/china... Academic Fraud in China: http://www.chinesemedicalnews.com/2015/03/academic-fraud-in-china-43-medical.html http://www.chinesemedicalnews.com/2015/03/academic-fraud-in-... The open access publisher BioMedCentral has this week announced the retraction of 43 medical journal publications by Chinese researchers after it discovered widespread peer review fraud. Most of the articles were submitted by medical researchers at universities in China, including China Medical University, Sichuan University, Shandong University and Jiaotong University Medical School.

muddyrivers 10y ago
Sigh
dang 10y ago
> Sorry pal, Including uncivil swipes like that in your arguments here will eventually get you banned, so please be scrupulously civil from now on, especially when commenting on inflammatory topics and/or when you think someone else is wrong.
- drzaiusapelord 10y ago
  Are you a native english speaker? I don't think saying "sorry pal" is a bannable offense here.
  - dang 10y ago
    The issue is whether an account has a pattern of incivility, which yours unfortunately does. Please fix this.

delazeur 10y ago

> The scientists doesn't enjoy as much academia freedom as in USA, but it is not as restrictive as the news media said. There are problems with scientific freedom in the U.S. related to funding and job retention. Even if the situation in China isn't as bad as it used to be, it's still not good.