Fujian Daily an exclusive interview with Fang Zhouzi: academic crackdown, the Government should play a leading role

April, Fang Zhouzi to return to their hometown sky. In this he lived 18 of the county, many people know that a home is a celebrity, Fang Zhouzi, but few people really familiar with him. Michigan State has the United States (Michigan State) University doctoral degree in biochemistry Fang Zhouzi why should we join the academic crackdown » IMPACT more than 10 years, the parties are dealing with the real result, very few, Fang Zhouzi actually shake what » Claiming to have "heroic" complex Fang Zhouzi because of the academic reputation of counterfeiting and growing, his heart is most looking forward to what » Recently, Fang Zhouzi he is not in the spacious home with the Taiwanese press had a long talk.



(Small superscript) I also want to "ear literacy"



Reporter: You have to go home this month, what » 18-year-old school has been away from home for 24 years, you can talk about his hometown in the eyes of the changes »



Fang Zhouzi: no special-purpose, the rest come back and see their parents. Two days ago the sky Liren school asked me to open talks, I generally talk about is why have both the scientific spirit, but also a humanistic spirit, the actual business of learning how to work life. I will return to my alma mater in a sky walk, I heard that my teacher said that today's children a good living conditions, but not so hard to study, that can earn some money to stay in the local. So when I talk specifically with the child home, not to look so narrow, so the ability to take leave far more to see the outside world.



Reporter: Do you the scientific awareness of how built up » What is low with the education association »



Fang Zhouzi: I schools on time like biological classes, were particularly like to do is probably the result of nature, "We love for science" from the inaugural issue of the magazine I read from the beginning. But I have been very loving literature and junior high school I would write poetry rhyme. The early 1980s, Misty Poetry beginning of the epidemic, I remember I first read the North Island's "Lost" ( "Lost in a dandelion, I led the blue-gray lake"), feel beautiful, with classical Poetry other than a taste. 1985 college entrance examination, but also in arts teacher suggested that I read, but I think that can be self-study liberal arts, science, the need for professional training, and so on the examination of the Chinese University of Science and Technology Department of Biology. Established in the university during a poem published in the "wilderness", this publication is still to do.



Reporter: Do you the secondary schools, universities era coincided with popular qigong, you can identify a first-authenticity? »



Fang Zhouzi: the first impression is "stunning", not only the letter but also very envious. In particular, can see the ears of literacy, I want to be able to learn, this evening after Xideng can also hide Woli was read by the ears.



Reporter: What are you contributed to the change »



Fang Zhouzi: on the university saw many aspects of the philosophy of science, to understand the scientific method, the Jiu Buxin. The late 1980s a number of anti-pseudo-science is the voice of domestic gradually come out, like He Zuoxiu, Sima Nan them, although very weak, but also know the specific features of these so-called magic is the original, but look way, the Diaobao Category. Graduated from university, I read Dr. United States, has been more rigorous scientific training, know more, the pseudo-science and see more clearly.



(Small superscript) My motivation is to tell the truth



Reporter: You talk about the first crackdown.



Fang Zhouzi: to the United States, in 1994, I set up the international literature on the first electronic publication Xinyu Si and then built Xinyu Si site, the original key to a number of overseas students and articles on literature and history. At the same time I also began to write articles critical of the pseudo-science, for example, criticized the students in the prevalence of creationism, "strict new qigong." Before and after 1996, France / round / Gong spread to the United States, I also conducted on the site one by one of its criticism, and the domestic law / round / Gong is a large-scale condemnation from 1999 began.



Reporter: "Masters of" retreat slowly warm, you to focus on academic counterfeiting, and run out of control, you What is the purpose of «



Fang Zhouzi: 2000, the domestic rise of the Internet has, I see many students in online or fabricated boast of their achievements in foreign countries, the swagger and deceive people return home. At that time, a call Chen Xiaoning, so-called back to the world's unique, incalculable value of the three gene banks, the domestic media Repeng "Gene Queen," but also a lot of availability risk investment funds. I was with this trip, aware of this fact, things abroad will be able to buy thousands of dollars, but they do not engage in out of the laboratory. So they have used the site to board I authored the "on" Chen Xiaoning back to the three major gene pool "of the incident open letter to" expose her. Chinese Academy of Sciences of the "Science Times" reported the first of my open letter to then shift the domestic media, Chen Xiaoning companies naturally do not become. Let me see that this incident the strength of the network, as well as civil counterfeiting force. As long as there are to see the future of academic fraud, I will in time be exposed on the site. Since then, I was in the "Xinyu Si" on the basis of, founded the first Chinese on-line academic IMPACT site "put this record." My motivation nil II, is to tell the truth. Right noble, Road see injustice, of course, Badaoxiangzhu.



Reporter: in a gain in profits Mody »



Fang Zhouzi: because of more media attention, may have "Langdexuming." Lee » I Reshang because a lot of counterfeiting cases, to accompany a loss of time. In addition, although our website click rate is high, but you on our site almost do not see any ads. I might also with the first batch of Internet users unique color idealists, site is not for profit. Only a few ads, mainly for the rental of servers, networking costs.



Reporter: No crackdown miscalculated the time »



Fang Zhouzi:. After all, now our site related to counterfeiting cases, occasionally there are some mistakes that may be, but at present no major mistakes. If we miscalculated the Internet will be immediately clarified, correction, an apology.



(Small superscript) a sound mechanism may be permanent cure



Reporter: IMPACT inevitably have to involve many cases, your energy, financial Chide Xiao Mody »



Fang Zhouzi: dare to offend people do not fear retaliation, the lawsuit is expected, win-win and lose less. I normally do not spend too much above in this effort. Determine whether or not academic fraud, there must be sufficient expertise in the background, and I think that the Court itself does not possess, there is no sufficient capacity to make a judgement or qualification. Besides funding, a number of overseas Chinese in the United States officially registered in the Chinese scientific and academic integrity of the Foundation, donations to the netizens, I funded the respondent, notarization, and other costs.



Reporter: because you are exposed, and irrefutable fact, be able to handle the account for several per cent of the total »



Fang Zhouzi: less than 10 percent, but the students are basically dealt with. 2006, Assistant to the President Liu Hui of Tsinghua University School of Medicine in my expose their false papers and resumes after the dismissal. This is my first encounter because we were exposed to fraud and expelled from the teacher, then the feeling is incredible, until the Tsinghua University received the notice, I announced out.



Reporter: Liu Hui symbolic significance of events is what is »



Fang Zhouzi: I think the Tsinghua University in China to make a present circumstances it is very difficult to do one thing. Many colleges and universities, research all of a misunderstanding, they feel that the researcher, professor of forgery is a very humiliating thing, it is ever indeed, but false, and you instead to shelter it, the more ashamed. If you dare to deal with him, it would not be ashamed of, that is, in winning glory for their own. This is a problem of concept.



Reporter: That is to say the forces must have the involvement of academic crackdown to complete the final step. Then the limitations of civil academic crackdown What are the main »



Fang Zhouzi: right. Civil academic had to crack down on fake goods or the final analysis it is that the system is not perfect, government oversight of the force is not yet perfect circumstances of a cover. Our strength is limited, not authoritative, no right to punish, not so much energy and resources, for example, a lot of false results-do not read papers is out of the laboratory to check the raw data, records, which we Does not have permission. To tell the truth is the only thing we can do, and the remaining we can not control or the control of the.



Reporter: abroad is how to do it »


Fang Zhouzi: The United States, for example, the management of a special office to receive reports, and published academic fraud investigation, a standardized, formal official channel.



Reporter: What is the situation of domestic »



Fang Zhouzi: the beginning of last year set up the Ministry of Science and Technology research integrity office, that we have taken a valuable first step, it is worth looking forward to.



Reporter: Xinyu Si is now known as the highest civil academic IMPACT site, you hope that the future between the official site and what kind of relationship »



Fang Zhouzi: It is now the site an average year we crack down on fake goods probably about 100, as long as the government departments need, we are very willing to help. But at the same time I still hope to maintain the site's independence, not put on the official colors. Like South Korea's Hwang incident is the beginning of a South Korean scientists on the site of the post, through the analysis of Hwang's papers illustrated that it is false, of the concern. Then the acts of intervention, sealed the raw data, comparison, surveys have found that indeed false. I think that should be a healthy state, a civil guard against counterfeiting academic academic auxiliary forces of corruption, and the Government should be leading.



(Small superscript) I hope to fill the vacancies Popular Science



Reporter: As the U.S. in biochemistry, Dr Feizhemetai do you think the effort spent in academic crackdown on whether Renjinqicai » One day guard against academic corruption in the domestic environment ripe, a sound mechanism, you will mainly concentrate on what areas »



Fang Zhouzi: reading has given me the training of scientific thinking, no matter what line stem is very important. But I do not like the nine to five Zuoban life, to the United States found that professors in order to research, also called Latin American relations everywhere, writing for Zhao Qian, or as a writer most comfortable. I now work is freelance journalist, but still maintained the forefront of scientific papers reading habits. I hope that the future can have more time to Write the category of popular science articles, and hope that there can be a number of domestic professional writer of popular science. I contacted the British popular science magazine "New Scientist", their reporters and editors almost all science, Dr. And now of Arts and Jian Tong of China this is still a lack of talent, knowledge of popular science still remain in the "100,000 why" this stage of children's books, or even to promote superstition or as a mysterious phenomenon of popular science. I hope to be able to fill vacancies in this regard, the timely introduction of the latest scientific research achievements at home and abroad, objects tend to have a certain knowledge base of adults. Two of the ancient ship that "the Ark", "Fang Zhouzi" is脚踏两只船people. "Ark and Wu, pitching Paradise" (Ban Gu, "West Du Fu"), my dream is that science and the humanities at the same time by boat from ancient and modern taste of benevolent and wise men in there to the Paradise.