Slashdot discussion <a href="http://news.slashdot.org/story/10/01/26/0231205/China-Will-Lead-World-Scientific-Research-By-2020" rel="nofollow">http://news.slashdot.org/story/10/01/26/0231205/China-Will-L...</a> where at least early on many were pointing out quantity vs. quality problems, some which go very deep (e.g. plagiarism).  When I checked, no one was claiming China's <i>impact</i> (something that has long been measured by citations) is significant.<p>ADDED: if you don't know what Cargo Cult Science is, check out e.g.: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cargo_cult_science" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cargo_cult_science</a><p>Just because you call it science and appear to be doing things scientists do doesn't mean you're doing real science.