The fight against fake-paper factories that churn out sham science
Is there a good analysis somewhere of pragmatism in Chinese culture?<p>It seems that there is a particular brand of ultra-pragmatism and rule-gaming that is overrepresented in China.<p>Researchers are judged on published papers? Publish papers that appear just good enough to be published, ignore everything else. Products are bought based on looks on price? Make a cheap product that appears just good enough to be sold, ignore everything else.<p>I don&#x27;t mean to stereotype all of China negatively. I&#x27;ve worked with enough amazing Chinese colleagues to understand this is not all of China. I&#x27;m just curious if this pattern has some truth to it or if it&#x27;s just a random racist stereotype, and how it can be explained.