From Danwei:
Last Friday, China Youth Daily reported that a young teacher with the College of Art at Shanghai Normal University had been punished by the school for failing a number of students who had plagiarized their term papers.
During a grading session in February, Mr. Ma noticed varying degrees of plagiarism in the papers of eight students, so he marked them zero, submitted his grades, and went on vacation. At the start of the spring semester, the administration hauled him into the office and ordered him to change the grades; when he refused, they punished him for being “subjective” – he had overlooked several other plagiarized papers.
Ma believes the main reason for his punishment is that the college is upset with him for “making trouble for the school and destroying its harmonious atmosphere.” [Full Text]
