China has pledged to issue a blacklist of dishonest academics to stem the tide of false research results and plagiarism among academics and scientists. [...]
A recent survey of 180 PhD holders found that 60 percent had paid to have their papers published and a similar percentage had copied others' work.
From this UPI story [via Tyler Cowen].
This is just one of many reasons why I am always saying one needs a written contract when doing business in China.
ReplyDeleteChinaLawBlog: I have no idea about what's happening in China. This particular piece of news was quite surprising -- to me, at least.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your perspective, though.