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Middle schoolers copy homework in McDonald’s: bad for learning and for business

The Chongqing Evening News is a commercial city newspaper affiliated to the Chongqing Daily Group. Today, the front page features the headline: “Middle school students hang out in fast food restaurants, copying each other’s homework.” The article explains how Chonqing students have … Continue reading

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Painted plagiarism of a push-up photograph

Li Yueliang’s oil painting is suspiciously similar to an earlier photograph taken by Hu Wugong.

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You grown-ups suck

Beijing Times: In a recent promotion exam taken by local judges, public prosecutors and police officers in Liangzhou, Gansu Province, 25 of the exam sitters were caught cheating by invigilators acted by 18 elementary students.

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Peking University rejects applicant who faked his ethnicity

The admission office of Peking University announced yesterday that it would not accept the application of He Chuanyang to study at the university’s Guanghua School of Management.

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CCTV.com plagiarism

Plagiarism amongst giants

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Government aviation website rips off blog

A government website rips off a blog post by a well known consultant

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Willow fluff and trashy romance novels

Flying Catkin (飞絮) by Zhang Ziping (张资平) has echoes in today’s publishing landscape.

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The paradox of IPR infringement in China

China Daily Online reproduces articles translated by ESWN and Danwei. The site notes the original source but fails to credit the translators.

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Nobel translators who don’t translate, and readers who don’t read

A Nobel Literature series is cobbled together from previous Chinese translations. And readers of Pamuk’s ‘My Name is Red’ complain that tey can’t understand it.

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Plagiarism, apologies, and circulation numbers

A decision against Guo Jingming (郭敬明) and in favor of Zhuang Yu (庄羽) in a plagiarism case.

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