Perspective
Plagiarism and proper source use in Chinese writing
Historical and contemporary perspectives
Article outline
- 1.“Cross-cultural differences” explaining “text recycling”?
- 2.Plagiarism consistently condemned in China; norms on proper use of prior texts emerged early but have remained under-developed for
a long time
- 3.Contemporary Chinese scholars’ conceptualisation of plagiarism
- 4.Official guidelines and university policies cannot lead to a specific understanding of how to cite sources properly and how to
avoid plagiarism
- 5.Writing textbooks increasingly addressing the issue of plagiarism but still lacking in specific teaching of textual strategies of
proper citation
- 6.Conclusion
- Acknowledgement
- Notes
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