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Reproducibility is a big problem in biology right now. He probably thought he could delay people finding out until he can produce good legitimate research that might distract attention away from the faked data.

I was thinking, "please don't be Chinese" when I read the title. Fuck.

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I was under the impression that the name Dong-Pyou Han was of Korean origin?

Han is a valid Chinese and Korean last name.

However, this researcher appears to be Chinese based on his previous publication history (he was affiliated with a university in Shanghai prior to coming to the states which is unlikely occurrence for a Korean)

Not to nitpick on the race here but Pyou is not a valid phonetic in any Chinese name.

http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=Dong-Pyou+Han

I think you've got it wrong: http://www.nature.com/emm/journal/v32/n1/abs/emm20002a.html

He was previously affiliated with Yonsei University, located in Seoul.

Looking at his publications, he seems to be Korean. You can breathe easy. ;-)

Ugh.

> "I was thinking, "please don't be Chinese" when I read the title. Fuck."

Why, is this "a thing"? The closest thing I can think off the top of my head as another example is Hwang Woo-suk, but he was Korean.

This wiki page doesn't seem to have many Chinese names: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_misconduct

google: asian pressure to succeed

yeilds 7.660 million results

Its a generic and terrible stereotype, but then again | data

http://www.realclearscience.com/2013/09/30/china039s_black_m...

http://www.economist.com/news/china/21586845-flawed-system-j...

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/07/world/asia/07fraud.html?pa...

http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2013-12/02/china-academi...

Again, not any excuse for an overzealous association but the data are out there.

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