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Latest recorded position: #2 on Aug 6, 2026, 8:41 PM CST.
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A professor at Renmin University was revealed to have led a key National Social Science Fund project, spending 350,000 yuan over six years investigating Mo Yan’s family background. Is this research meaningful, and should taxpayers’ money be spent this way?
人大教授被曝主持国家社科基金重点项目，6 年花 35 万考证莫言家世，研究有意义吗？纳税人的钱该不该这样花？
ThreadEast first recorded "A professor at Renmin University was revealed to have led a key National Social Science Fund project, spending 350,000 yuan over six years investigating Mo Yan’s family background. Is this research meaningful, and should taxpayers’ money be spent this way?" on Aug 6, 2026, 8:22 AM CST. It has been observed on Zhihu Hot List, with 12 hours between the first and latest recorded appearances.
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