Why Chinese Science Seems So Secretive — And How It May Be About To Change
China’s recent scientific achievements – including its embryo gene-editing research and historic moon landing – appear to be surrounded by secrecy. In fact, China later condemned the research, which has not yet been published in a scientific journal – blaming the scientist. But my research on China’s life sciences over the last 14 years suggests that the culture actually stems from something else: a sense of sociopolitical insecurity.
Source: theconversation.com