The Redcore “farce” has exposed abuse of the “independent innovation” and pursuit of rapid success in China’s tech industry, state media warned in a commentary published on Monday. “Without the backbone principle of ‘feet on the ground’, technology innovation would end up descending into speculation,” the commentary added. Science and Technology Daily, funded by the State Science and Technology Commission and China's Academy of Science since 1986, is considered a mainstream state media outlet in the field. Last week Liu Yadong, chief editor of the same publication, said the country’s lack of a scientific spirit was often the underlying reason for problems ranging from weaknesses in research to widespread counterfeiting and fraud. The social media revelations of Redcore also drew comparisons to false claims of breakthroughs in the past, including the case of Hanxin.

Source: The Star August 20, 2018 06:33 UTC