{"id":153313,"date":"2026-06-22T06:54:24","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T06:54:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=153313"},"modified":"2026-06-22T06:54:24","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T06:54:24","slug":"in-china-some-researchers-are-attending-academic-conferences-that-do-not-exist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=153313","title":{"rendered":"In China, some researchers are attending academic conferences that do not exist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostScammers in China have traditionally preyed on young people looking for quick cash or older individuals seeking health and longevity. However, they have found a new target: academics.<br \/>\nLiu Xia, a lecturer in economics and management at a private university in Wuhan, capital of Hubei province in central China, is still indignant when she recalls the experience in 2024 of a paper submission-based scam.<br \/>\nNeeding to publish a conference paper for a professional title evaluation, she found an event&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/science\/article\/3357897\/china-some-researchers-are-attending-academic-conferences-do-not-exist?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 PostScammers in China have traditionally preyed on young people looking for quick cash or older individuals seeking health and longevity. However, they have found&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\/153313"}],"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=153313"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153313\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=153313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=153313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=153313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}