An uncanny way to look at it, they wish to assist Chinese do suicidal experiment on a die-hard race to reveal the nature of scientific statistical 'truth' to establish their own fantasy of being the savior of advancing science in a backwoods country.
Watch out. God play dice but God lives a lot longer than us mortal witnesses.
Recommend reading
"Nature's healing arts: from folk medicine to modern drugs"
by Lonnelle Aikman, Prof. of Pharmacognosy, Univ. of Rhode Island
Published by The National Geographic Society 1977.