Note on Xiao's Open Letter

Science already investigated and cleared Xiao’s false plagiarism charge against Dr. Fang in 2001, see The Truth of So Called “Solid Evidence of Fang Zhouzi’s Plagiarism” (“方舟子剽窃铁证如山”的真相) and other articles.

Science reported Dr. Fang and the New Threads right before and after Xiao’s open letter was published: Newsmakers in April 2006, and China's Fraud Buster Hit by Libel Judgments; Defenders Rally Round in December 2006. The latter reported the three defamation lawsuits, including the Xiao vs. Fang case, that Dr. Fang faced and just lost. Xiao accused the reporter of "obviously biased reporting" ("明显偏见的报道"), and accused Ms. Xiong, who first reported Dr. Fang in 2001, of "playing tricks to cheat Science" ("做的手脚欺骗了科学杂志") in the 2001 plagiarism investigation, see Exposing the Secret of Science Magazine’s 2001 Investigation of Fang Zhouzi’s Plagiarism (美国科学杂志2001年调查方舟子抄袭内幕曝光) originally posted by Xiao in his pen name Porter (搬运工) and re-posted on the New Threads Reader’s Forum by someone else.