It has been a tough week for purists in China.
Last week saw the life suspension of champion male back stroke swimmer, Ouyang Kunpeng, shamed for performance enhancing drug use.
Today we see another case where the public's trust has been abused with the revelation that the south China tiger images were faked and the officials and photographer face the docks.
Unfortunately it follows three similar cases last year involving the abuse of the public trust and it's setting a precedent that must be addressed.
Most recent was the manipulation of digital images concerning a flock of white pigeons. Zhang Liang from the Harbin Daily submitted the picture "Over 800 pigeons at a square take the bird flu vaccine", to the China International Press Photo Contest in 2005 and won a gold award. Sadly he was later exposed in May this year as a phony.
This followed another misrepresentation by Liu Weiqing, a 41-year-old Daqing Evening News photographer that "severely breached the ethical codes of journalists" mid February this year. He stuck together two photos into one showing more than 20 Tibetan antelopes frolicking under a bridge. The photo, named "Qinghai-Tibet Railway opening green passageway for wild animals", was ranked among the "10 most impressive news photos of 2006".
All of which were preceded by another journalist, Zi Beijia who last July, concocted a story regarding cardboard stuffing that was allegedly being used in dumplings. Not only did he put people off their dinner he later forced us to query the desperate measures writers and photographers may go to satisfy over eager editors' quest for captivating content.
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.
While cram schools profit off the English language boom and overseas study markets mushroom, more responsibility needs to be shown that proper referencing of somebody else's work, blatant copying of another's material and rote styles of learning are not satisfactory in the 21st century global economy.
New habits of international merit need to be cultivated to restore the esteem of China's new cultural creators who profit off a previously sound tradition.
化解周一综合征的妙招
中国和伊朗将合拍功夫电影
将蔬菜演绎出新逼格,让孩子从此不会再挑食
妈妈和老婆掉水里你先救谁的奇葩答案
你跟哪位明星撞身材?测测便知
全球最不友好城市评选 广州深圳上榜
中国科技产业的全球抱负
为迎接9月份阅兵式,天安门提前粉刷修缮
城会玩:纽约客把出租货车当旅馆
毒舌的你更具智慧和创造力?!
陈可辛将拍摄李娜传记电影
德国科学家发明3D"隐形斗篷"
Instagram图片可以印在皮肤上?!
纽约男装周元年 男装业新起点
帅爆了!全世界首款3D打印跑车!
火爆的相亲节目到底靠不靠谱?
夏天热成狗 让白鲸来帮你降降温
结婚越晚离婚越快?!
调查显示:男性干家务常被女性忽视
女性性感身材百年变迁史
被萌哭!想要体验被萌物活埋的感觉就去日本兔子岛
研究表明:男性休闲时间多于女性
你被CP霸屏了吗?告诉你有关CP的表达
8个理由教你发现自己的魅力 让你对自己爱到不可自拔
国新办发布抗日战争暨世界反法西斯胜利70周年纪念标识
常晒太阳有助于获得好心情 身心俱健康
旅游伴手礼浪费金钱:多数人并不喜欢
狗狗也拼爹:最大斗牛犬宝宝身价50万美金
苹果公司持续火热 iPhone第三季度销量创新高
No Zuo No Die:看外国人在自动扶梯上作大死
不限 |
英语教案 |
英语课件 |
英语试题 |
不限 |
不限 |
上册 |
下册 |
不限 |