i'm not so sure about this. if any western student said that they thought that it was ok to fake scientific results and that their school (presumably a chinese school in this instance) never taught them ethics or morals, then we would all call bullshit and say that they are lying. in this instance, the woman is giving the man the benefit of the doubt; he is not a liar, instead his actions are the results of a culture which has no tradition of scientific excellence, ethics or morality in the western sense. her reservations, therefore, about how this might effect other chinese are valid and require investigation. also, chinese aren't a race.
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