{"id":148930,"date":"2026-03-31T22:00:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T22:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=148930"},"modified":"2026-03-31T22:00:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T22:00:08","slug":"chinas-science-awards-system-is-plagued-by-shadowy-practices-can-reforms-fix-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=148930","title":{"rendered":"China\u2019s science awards system is plagued by shadowy practices. Can reforms fix it?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostChina\u2019s science and technology awards system has been accused of being riddled with loopholes and misconduct, including serious exaggeration of achievements, cultivation of personal connections and even bribery, according to critics within the academic community.<br \/>\nThese flaws, though repeatedly addressed by the authorities, are said to remain deeply entrenched, casting a shadow over China\u2019s rapidly advancing innovation sector that is widely regarded as a key pillar in its rivalry with the&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/science\/article\/3345080\/chinas-science-awards-system-plagued-shadowy-practices-can-reforms-fix-it?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostChina\u2019s science and technology awards system has been accused of being riddled with loopholes and misconduct, including serious exaggeration of achievements, cultivation of personal&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148930"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=148930"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148930\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=148930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=148930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=148930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}