"The men who did the work agreed to publish their results in a Chinese publication, but China was 1ot prepared to defray the expense entailed by the costly plates and lengthy scientific texts. China was hard put to pay even' the salaries Jof its scientific men. And here the Swedish people again came to the fore. Through Dr. Andersson's effort fund was raised to defray the cost of publication of the long series of memoirs on these fossils and archaeological finds, and with the funds raised locally to cover the Publication of the work.on the invertebrates which from the outset has been carried on in China, it was possible to bring into existence "Palaeontologica Sinica" as planned by the directors of the Survey, that publication which has inde' the Geological Survey of China, and the [Ministry under which it functioned, known the world over, and which has brought untold credit to China for the excellence and high standard Jof the work issued under the auspices of its scientific bureau."
Has this been detrimental (o the advancement of Chinese science?
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