Dating systems: BC and AD, or BCE and CE?

[Robert Vermaat]

But what if in a paroxysm of national pride, China starts dating everything in terms of the Chinese Calendar?

Who says they don't? But if they want to be published in the (still) mainly Western scientific journals, they know better than to do so. the same goes for any Jewish or Muslim scholars: Jews as well as Muslims have of course their own dating systems, but I'm not sure whether this is included in articles that are not meant for publication abroad.