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't mean to stereotype all of China negatively. I've worked with enough amazing Chinese colleagues to understand this is not all of China. I'm just curious if this pattern has some truth to it or if it's just a random racist stereotype, and how it can be explained.