The PLOS One Editors retract this article [1] because it was identified as one of a series of submissions for which we have concerns about peer review integrity and potential manipulation of the publication process. These concerns call into question the validity and provenance of the reported results. We regret that the issues were not identified prior to the article’s publication.
ML did not agree with the retraction. XH either did not respond directly or could not be reached.
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Citation: The PLOS One Editors (2025) Retraction: Ecopolitical discourse: Authoritarianism or democracy? — Evidence from China. PLoS ONE 20(4): e0321414. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0321414
Published: April 9, 2025
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