Probably not much to worry about, a good chunk of it just seems to be fake: Why fake research is rampant in China https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39499081

Probably not much to worry about, a good chunk of it just seems to be fake: Why fake research is rampant in China https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39499081 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39499081 The fight against fake-paper factories that churn out sham science https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26560694 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26560694 With the common theme being that there's a lot of pressure to publish, and it pisses off the (murderous) ruling party if they don't succeed by publishing. And so there's a really reasonable temptation to cheat to avoid getting disappeared or having your family threatened.