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Journal of English for Research Publication Purposes
Vol. 3:2 (2022) ► pp. 225–245
Perspective

Plagiarism and proper source use in Chinese writing

Historical and contemporary perspectives

| University of Hong Kong
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
  • References
Published online: 01 December 2022
https://doi.org/10.1075/jerpp.22006.li
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