August 4, 2006

Chinese University Presidents Assail 'Rock Bottom' Academic Ethics

By PAUL MOONEY

Presidents of some of China's top universities have lashed out at the country's worsening academic corruption.

They put the blame on what they said were falling ethical standards and an illogical focus on research, the state-run Xinhua News Agency has reported.

"Over all, academic ethics have hit rock bottom," Zhu Qingshi, president of the University of Science and Technology of China, told Chinese and other academic leaders in July at the weeklong Chinese-Foreign University

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