True, but there is a significant risk of false information if the sponsor then can financially gain. For example, if the U.S. government felt that belief in climate change would be economically advantageous, they could pressure local researchers to find in favor of climate change. It seems unlikely that the Chinese government would have a mechanism to issue U.S. grants, however.

This happens all the time in marketing. Although, to be fair, those studies are often preceded by a number of more accurate private studies, and only the publicized one is suspect.

The U.S. government decidedly does NOT think climate change is economically advantageous, and they have fought any measures against it tooth and nail.

If so, that would be a good explanation for some of the publicly funded research that finds climate change nonexistent or unimpactful.