Cheating in China

A recent Associated Press article (“Rampant cheating hurts China's research ambitions”) has noted how plagiarizing and faking results has become so rampant in Chinese academia that some now worry it could hinder China's efforts to become a global leader in science - although it should be pointed out that “plagiarizing” and “fakes” have not hindered China’s ability to become a manufacturing powerhouse. The article is well worth a quick read.