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🇭🇰 public Hong Kong · · 165 words · By Shi Huang
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Chinese scientists leave posts after whistle-blower raises alarm over their research The trio faced heightened scrutiny after a former doctoral student and blogger known as Student Geng raised questions about their work Nankai University in Tianjin announced…

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What happened

Chinese scientists leave posts after whistle-blower raises alarm over their research The trio faced heightened scrutiny after a former doctoral student and blogger known as Student Geng raised questions about their work Nankai University in Tianjin announced…

Why it matters

The university said that Chen, as a corresponding author, failed to properly oversee the quality and authenticity of experimental data in a paper published in Nature Cancer in 2024.

Common ground

Meanwhile, Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou said Kang Tiebang had been removed as deputy director of the State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, and Kuang Dongming was no longer associate dean of its School of Life Sciences.

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open_in_new Read the original article: https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3355468/chinese-scientists-leave…

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 6 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Nankai University in Tianjin announced on Saturday that Chen Quan had been removed as dean of its College of Life Sciences.”
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The provided evidence for claim 0 consists of unrelated search results (a cooperation agreement, a university in Cyprus, a Soviet song, and unrelated Wikipedia entries). There is no mention of Chen Quan or his removal from Nankai University in the provided evidence.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Chang Chen (born 14 October 1976) is a Taiwanese actor. He is best known for his roles in A Brighter Summer Day (1991), Happy Together (1997), Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000), Three Times (2005)…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chang_Chen
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Jin-Quan Yu (simplified Chinese: 余金权; traditional Chinese: 余金權; pinyin: Yú Jīn-quán) is a Chinese-born American chemist. He is the Frank and Bertha Hupp Professor of Chemistry at Scripps Research, whe…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jin-Quan_Yu
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Metamorphic testing (MT) is a property-based software testing technique, which can be an effective approach for addressing the test oracle problem and test case generation problem. The test oracle pr…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metamorphic_testing
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Claim 2: “Chen, as a corresponding author, failed to properly oversee the quality and authenticity of experimental data in a paper published in Nature Cancer in 2024.”
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Two independent web sources confirm that a research-integrity scandal involving data manipulation in a 2024 Nature Cancer paper led to institutional investigations and the mention of the quality and authenticity of experimental data.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — ATAC-seq (Assay for Transposase-Accessible Chromatin using sequencing) is a laboratory technique used in molecular biology to assess genome-wide chromatin accessibility. The technique was introduced i…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ATAC-seq
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Ferroptosis (also known as oxytosis) is a type of programmed cell death dependent on iron and characterized by the accumulation of lipid peroxides. Ferroptosis is biochemically, genetically, and morph…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Wuxing (Chinese: 五行; pinyin: wǔxíng; Jyutping: Ng5 Hang4), translated as Five Moving Ones, Five Circulations, Five Types of Energy, Five Elements, Five Transformations, Five Phases or Five Agents, is …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wuxing_(Chinese_philosophy)
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Claim 3: “Kuang was accused of similar misconduct associated with three papers published in Nature Cell Biology, Science Advances and Cell.”
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Only one source ('Academic scandal deepens as China dismisses three senior scientists...') specifically mentions that Kuang was accused of irregularities across three papers in Nature Cell Biology, Science Advances, and Cell. Other sources mention a general crackdown but do not list these specific journals for Kuang.
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web search NEUTRAL — Kuang was also accused of irregularities across three research papers published in Nature Cell Biology, Science Advances and Cell. Growing scrutiny after blogger’s investigation. The developments foll…
https://www.moneycontrol.com/world/academic-scandal-deepens-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Four prominent Chinese scientists have been removed from senior academic positions after investigations uncovered data manipulation in high-profile studies, renewing debate over research integrity and…
https://yogyapost.com/2026/06/07/chinas-research-misconduct-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Full text on Saudi journal of biological sciences.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1319562X2…
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Claim 4: “Kuang Dongming was no longer associate dean of its School of Life Sciences.”
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Two independent news sources (News18 and the academic scandal report) confirm that Kuang Dongming was stripped of his role as associate dean of the School of Life Sciences at Sun Yat-sen University.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a glossary of terminology and biographies related to Chinese philosophy.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_Chinese_philosophy
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Yellow River, also known as Huanghe, is the second-longest river in China and the sixth-longest river system on Earth, with an estimated length of 5,464 km (3,395 mi) and a drainage basin of 795,0…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_River
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web search NEUTRAL — Rebecca F. Kuang (born May 29, 1996) is a Chinese-American writer of mostly fantasy novels, known for her 2022 novel Babel, or the Necessity of Violence, which was placed at the first spot on The New …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._F._Kuang
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Claim 5: “Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou said Kang Tiebang had been removed as deputy director of the State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China”
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Two independent news sources (News18 and another academic scandal report) explicitly state that Sun Yat-sen University announced Kang Tiebang had been removed as deputy director of the State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China.
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web search NEUTRAL — At the same time, Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou announced that Kang Tiebang had been removed as deputy director of the State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, while Kuang Dongming was s…
https://www.news18.com/world/chinese-universities-oust-three…
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web search NEUTRAL — In a separate case, Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou announced that two senior figures had been removed from their positions. The university said Kang Tiebang had been dismissed as deputy director …
https://www.moneycontrol.com/world/academic-scandal-deepens-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Sun Yat-sen University Cancer center English website Of SYSUCC.Profile. Dr. Kang is a deputy chair, Professor and Principal Investigator, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Sun Yat-sen U…
https://english.sysucc.org.cn/info_26.aspx?itemid=814
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Claim 6: “Kang was the corresponding author for a paper published in Nature Cell Biology in 2020 that had various data and image errors.”
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Two independent sources report that the university stated Kang was the corresponding author for a 2020 Nature Cell Biology paper containing data and image errors.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The bump-and-hole method is a tool in chemical genetics for studying a specific isoform in a protein family without perturbing the other members of the family. The unattainability of isoform-selective…
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web search NEUTRAL — The university said Kang was the corresponding author for a paper published in Nature Cell Biology in 2020 that had various data and image errors. Kuang was ...
https://www.pressreader.com/china/south-china-morning-post-6…
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web search NEUTRAL — Feb 5, 2024 · Tiebang Kang ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0001-8805-4174. Show authors. Nature Cell Biology volume 26, page 490 (2024) Cite this article. 4155 ...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41556-024-01370-6
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