In China, Bribery and Fakery Lower the Value of Degrees

An instructor at a university in Beijing describes how, as final exams were nearing this year, a Ph.D. student who had been noticeably absent from classes during the semester presented him with a roll of 100 yuan notes. In an empty classroom, the student tried to shove the bills, the equivalent of several hundred dollars, into the pockets of the teacher.

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