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> I would venture to say that there is a cultural disconnect with the Chinese when it comes to the idea of intellectual property. I would much more strongly li
by Shank 8y ago
> I would venture to say that there is a cultural disconnect with the Chinese when it comes to the idea of intellectual property.
I would much more strongly link it to the fact that academic success and workplace success leads to high economic again and societal standing. This is fostered at an early age and progresses all throughout life. The gaokao [0] is a striking example of just how much pressure goes into academics in particular:
> Suicides are a regular feature of every exam season; a 2014 study claimed that exam stress was a contributing factor in 93% of cases in which school students took their own lives. Last year, a middle school in Hebei province fenced off its upper-floor dormitory balconies with grates, after two students jumped to their deaths in the months leading up to the gaokao.
Given that many classes don't have an impact on the end career (or at least, many feel this way), it's unsurprising that students would rather cheat on the "less important" work that they just need to pass, versus what they actually find valuable.
I don't think it's correlated to IP. Just societal expectations and norms.
[0]: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/oct/12/gaokao-china-toughest-school-exam-in-world https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/oct/12/gaokao-china-t...
- sjroot 8y agoI agree that’s a huge part of it that I left out. I guess I threw that in the bin of “cultural differences.”
- saluki 8y agoOne of my friends at university had a Chinese student copy off him during an exam without my friend's knowledge. When they received their graded exams back the cheating student came up to my friend yelling at him for making him miss points due to the answers he copied from my friend being incorrect. Of course we embellished the story over the years where the guy was yelling all kinds of things and about how he ruined his life, etc.
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