I've been reading a lot about this problem specifically with respect to Chinese culture. Insofar as we can say any one thing about a national culture of more th

I've been reading a lot about this problem specifically with respect to Chinese culture. Insofar as we can say any one thing about a national culture of more than a billion, on the whole, the Chinese simply don't care about attribution, copyright, or plagiarism. It is the view of most folks that it's acceptable to copypaste blocks of content from one thing into another and then call it your own. For anyone else interested, the Academia Stack Exchange is actually one of the best and most interesting places to find real-world stories of people grappling with this problem, and offers some deconstruction in the comments/answers.