Yale Professor Condemns Plagiarism in China
World Journal, Posted: Dec 31, 2007
GUANGZHOU – Yale University biology professor Stephen Stearns’ letter condemning widely committed plagiarism in China was posted on many Chinese websites and has drawn a lot of attention, according to the World Journal. Stearns has been teaching two courses at Peking University (PKU) in a PKU and Yale combined program. After he had discovered three students committing plagiarism in his classes, he wrote a letter to the students and failed them. His letter posted on the Internet said, “I work hard to be a good teacher, I take time to prepare good lectures, and I spend many hours providing detailed
feedback on essays… I feel cheated, dragged down into the mud. I ask myself, why should I teach people who knowingly deceive me?” The World Journal reported that Stearns has taught in the United States and in Europe. “I found some (plagiarism) there, but much less than in China,” he said. Stearns estimates that half of his Chinese students plagiarize. He pointed out that professors in China also plagiarize, which makes students hard to blame. The overall under-protected copyright makes him concerned. “No one in China seems to care. I can buy DVDs in stores and on the street for about one U.S. dollar. They cost $20-30 outside China… China appears to have lost her way,” Stearns wrote.
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User Comments
z on Jan 09, 2008 at 07:25:18 said:
about DVD: do you know if there is no copyright violation then we can't watch western films except those passed the censorship?
Frances on Jan 05, 2008 at 14:24:43 said:
This is to be expected... There is no such thing as IP rights in China as far as I'm concerned.
Phillip on Jan 01, 2008 at 23:08:05 said:
I guess the professor had 6 people in his class.
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