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Science
Vol. 293 no. 5532 p. 1039
DOI: 10.1126/science.293.5532.1039
  • News Focus
CHINA
CHINA

Biochemist Wages Online War Against Ethical Lapses

  1. Xiong Lei*
  1. Xiong Lei writes for China Features in Beijing.

Summary

BEIJING-- A Chinese biochemist working in the United States has launched an investigation into the validity of some questionable scientific claims made in the advertising of some Chinese products--and the environment that discourages knowledgeable scientists in China from challenging the claims. He's hoping that a Web site he set up last year will raise the level of debate in China on questionable practices by academics.