You’re confused. China produces more papers. Almost none of them have merit (are

You’re confused.
China produces more papers.
Almost none of them have merit (are scientific).
Look at the number of papers retracted per year.
Look at fake peer review.
Look at replicability.
(and China 1.36b = Western Civ 1.1b = India 1.39b = Sub Saharan Civ 1.b = Islam 1.8b )