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...dollars?less than half the price of top-of-the-line foreign sneakers. They are popular in rural China, but not in the country's wealthier coastal cities, where residents prefer foreign brands. Li Ning Sports "is an old brand and it certainly needs revitalization," says Xue Xu, a marketing professor at Peking University and an expert on domestic brands. Moreover, Xue says there is "danger ahead" because Nike has recently given endorsement contracts to Chinese basketball sensations Wang Zhizhi, who plays for the Dallas Mavericks in the NBA, and towering center Yao Ming, the No. 1 draft pick...
Fifteen studies—conducted by Associate Professor Xiping Xu, Professor David C. Christiani and Cobb Professor of Psychiatry Ming T. Tsuang—were cited for violations...
...research of Xu remains suspended pending the report of an outside auditor...
...problems stopped with the lack of information for the human subjects, the conduct of the research would be suspect. Even worse are the unscrupulous methods which the head researcher, Dr. Xu Xiping, employed in finding research subjects. Research subjects were coerced to participate by the Chinese government. And once the Washington Post began investigating his actions, Xu wrote two letters to Chinese government officials urging them to stop the media from delving into the matter...
What makes researchers such as Xu so unscrupulous in obtaining the results they want? The project, a partnership between Harvard and several private businesses, was designed to make money. The businesses hoped for profits, while the University and its researchers received millions in federal funds and private investment. Former coworkers have testified to Xu’s eagerness to make money off of the harvesting of DNA samples in China, and more than once recalled his comparison of DNA to gold—an allegation that Xu denies...