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humanodon · 4076 days ago · link · · parent · post: Faking of scientific papers on an industrial scale in China
I've seen something similar myself. When I was in Beijing for the Olymipcs, the locals were told to form lines, not to talk very loudly, not to spit, not to pick their noses and a whole lot of other things. I was eating noodles in a place with a white friend and as soon as he left, the volume increased to an incredible degree. There were guys sitting across tables from one another speaking at a volume I would use to get someone's attention 20 feet away. Oh the joys of being ambiguously brown.