Beijing’s Renewed Vigilance: The Impact of the US-China Tech War on Academic Integrity and Technological Ambition

Title: U.S.-China Tech Conflict Highlights Flaws in Beijing's Academic Sphere

By exposing Chinese researchers' unethical practices, China's Ministry of Science and Technology is intensifying its drive for technological advancement.

According to the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), Sun, who previously served as the vice-president of Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital in Jiangsu, an eastern province, had reached out to evaluators in an attempt to influence their approval of his 2021 application for government funding.

Sun boasts a remarkable career. Not only did he pioneer the groundbreaking pig liver xenotransplantation, but he also received the prestigious title of Yangtze River Scholar Professor from the Ministry of Education and was honored as a Distinguished Young Scholar by the National Science Fund in 2012.