  == This article is trash ==  ::: The respectable scholarly tradition requires poise and critical examination PRIOR to making assertions. I am fairly confident that sufficient numbers of inventions of Chinese origin are verifiable such that an article may be justified without the listing of many things that are not inventions and without listing many things that are not properly considered Chinese inventions. It would appear that the motivations of those contributing to this article include aspects that are detrimental to intellectual honesty. I feel the subject deserves a good article. National and ethnic pride run amok has diminished respect rather than strengthened it.  