In a society were ip theft is the norm and success surface is everything, ask yourself what is actually real? So, if there is research, how many chinese papers

In a society were ip theft is the norm and success surface is everything, ask yourself what is actually real? So, if there is research, how many chinese papers get attacked by chinese researchers, and thus retracted? If nobody calls it out, can there even be a replication crisis. Now if all there is, is faked surface. What worth are all those agreements, all thos archievements and hailed green revolutions? What if all there is, is a great PR-campaign poster - and behind that.. nothing. Welcome to the desert behind stalins blooming landscape posters.