https://blog.lynxflow.co/en/tags/research-funding/Recent content in Research Funding on Lynx Tech BlogHugo -- gohugo.ioenFri, 07 Aug 2026 22:22:00 +0800https://blog.lynxflow.co/en/posts/moyan-research-35wan/Fri, 07 Aug 2026 22:22:00 +0800https://blog.lynxflow.co/en/posts/moyan-research-35wan/<img src="https://blog.lynxflow.co/images/moyan-research-35wan.png" alt="Featured image of post 350,000 Yuan over Six Years: How Should We Assess the Cost of Studying Mo Yan?" />A Hot-Search-Style Argument Something has been making quite a stir lately: a key project funded by the National Social Science Fund of China, led by a professor at Renmin University—350,000 yuan over six years to study Mo Yan—has been branded by many as “a waste of taxpayers’ money.” To be honest, my first reaction was irritation too: what kind of amount is 350,000 yuan, really? Why single out one academic project and call it wasteful? “If we’re talking about waste, the state is the real culprit