Chinese Government Cracks Down on Academic Fraud

FILE - Chinese academics and government officials attend a press conference at the State Council Information Office in Beijing, March 24, 2021. China's Education Ministry has required universities to submit academic articles that journals have retracted over the past three years.

China is cracking down on academic research fraud following revelations in January that publishers have retracted thousands of works by Chinese academics in recent years. However, observers say that addressing the problem will be difficult because it is so pervasive.