From the chinese press

Stop misuse of research funds

The extramarital affair of a research scholar with the Institute of Geology and Geophysics, affiliated to the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), has drawn widespread public attention to research funding. Apart from scholars' moral decline, people are also questioning the role of research funding supervisors, says an article in China Youth Daily. Excerpts:

Since project leaders are in charge of allocating funds for and managing research, they can easily know the details of the use of the research funds.