no -- the formal research literature in competitive settings are filled with part or whole PRC teams.. written in science English and often very thorough.. are

no -- the formal research literature in competitive settings are filled with part or whole PRC teams.. written in science English and often very thorough.. are those papers all advances? no, many are tiny variations on known methods, use the boiler-plate bragging language about State of the Art performance, and often cite mostly other Chinese authors as sources.. but honestly, the effort and erudition are, on the whole, impressive and competitive.