Science cop's wife called plagiarizer
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"It was worse 10 years ago. There was no strict standard for an academic thesis in China," Fang said. "If you use international standards to check Chinese students' MA theses, even nowadays, you may find a trace of plagiarism in almost every thesis," Fang said in his micro blog.
"Besides, she was not my wife 10 years ago. Isn't it obvious what Guo wants by connecting her thesis with me?"
However, Guo responded by saying he did not decide to publish the article for personal reasons but because it was "an objective news story".
Guo urged Fang and his wife to admit that she had cheated.
"How ridiculous this so-called science cop is," he said. "He is so willing to report others' cheating but when it comes to his wife, he refuses to admit it."
Fang's wife, Liu Juhua, who is a journalist, has not responded directly to the media but published a blog entitled "Clear Conscience" in which she said her thesis was not a good one but she said she had unanimous support from her teachers.
Liu said, as Fang's wife, she has been continually disturbed and verbally attacked by people who seek revenge against Fang.
"It's so easy to find little mistakes in a thesis after 10 years."
Chen Lidan, Liu's professor 10 years ago, who is now a journalism professor at Renmin University of China, said he has been shown the evidence, which he has turned over to the dean of the journalism school at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, where Liu got her master's degree.
Chen said he will let the school authorities decide what action to take.
Fang is known for disclosing celebrities' academic misconduct and has been in the headlines several times during the past year. Last August, he was attacked by thugs hired by Xiao Chuanguo, an urologist whom Fang had accused of academic misconduct.
Xiao was sentenced to five and a half months in detention for the attack.
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