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Biochemist Questions Practices Followed by Researchers in China
Volume 10, No. 1, December 2001
A biochemist in San Diego is trying to improve research ethics in his native
country by writing about questionable practices used by some researchers in
China and maintaining a Chinese-language web site to disseminate his findings,
according to Science.
Shi-min Fang received his doctorate in biochemistry from Michigan State University and
was a postdoc at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla, CA.
Currently, he is a consultant to a bioinformatics company.
In his latest book, Ulcer:Confronting China's Academic Corruption, which received favorable reviews in the Chinese
scientific and academic press, Fang challenges the scientific merit of work
published in lay publications by 18 researchers at a dozen institutions or their
credentials. He also names about 30 media organizations that publish the dubious claims. His seven books have been written under the pseudonym Fang Zhouzi. His web site is at http://www.xys2.org/pages/dajia.html.
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