I have been thinking what the incentive is for the west to suggest that their people should ask why universities might be motivated to defraud people with fake LK99 results?
I think OP's point is that they're trying to think adversarially about whether such incentives exist, not implying that they actually do. It's a good thought experiment with a claim this large - to see how the claimant would benefit if they're fibbing, I mean.
Surely it is redundant as they considered and came to a conclusion on this topic months ago when "US scientists confirm ‘major breakthrough’ in nuclear fusion"
That one's pretty standard. When the lab is about to run out of money, they fluff up an incremental improvement as a 'major breakthrough'. No false claims or fake science involved.
