The real issue, Usdin suggests, is the tension between whistleblowers who can play a critical role when there is genuine malfeasance and the possibility of junior scientists, motivated by ideology, money or both, trying to circumvent the legitimate responsibility of senior management to make final decisions.

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While peasants are applauding the extension of the household contract responsibility system, it is a sure bet that village and town officials are dreaming up ways to circumvent Beijing's directives.

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