China's Academic Integrity Crisis Deepens as Prominent Scholar Falls The recent scandal surrounding Jia Qianqian, a once celebrated literary scholar in China, has shed light on the country's entrenched academic misconduct problem.
Jia's takedown is just one of several high profile incidents that have sparked concerns about the integrity of Chinese academia.
China's economic miracle has been built in part on its ability to innovate, but the government's efforts to crack down on intellectual property theft and other forms of academic dishonesty have been hampered by a culture of silence and complicity.