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Ethics drive for national curriculum

Getting beyond the initial shame experienced by the offenders and their immediate families and friends, now comes the national humiliation that China bashers will exacerbate as they condemn rampant pirating of intellectual property rights and a culture that seems to condone plagiarism and a blurring of the truth.

In this situation there is justice in their attack. The issue needs to be tackled and within the education system at a middle school level there is room for the ministry to get involved.

At present it is estimated that almost 200,000 Chinese students will study abroad this year. Projections for the future forecast greater numbers. Getting past the initial IELTS/ TOEFL hurdle on entry to a foreign campus students quickly realize that past modes of academic practice as developed in their homeland do not suffice in the current international setting.

Here academic literacy as it pertains to referencing and plagiarism are of paramount importance to one's success and development and any educator who has worked with international students will be aware that Chinese are some, if not the worst, offenders in this regard.

Excusing the 54-year-old Shaanxi farmer who creatively doctored the tiger photo earning a bit of much needed extra cash, one finds it more difficult to forgive the officials, journalists and seasoned photographers who may themselves have had an education.

Yet it is within the very heart of education and the nation's classrooms that adherence to global practice regarding factual representation and ethical creation of cultural products needs to be addressed.