Lin Zhijian has recently been involved in a plagiarism controversy. (Photo source: Taiwan's "China Times News Network")
China Taiwan Net, July 8 According to Taiwan's "China Times News Network", Lin Zhijian, a candidate for Taoyuan mayor of the Democratic Progressive Party, has recently been involved in a plagiarism scandal. In response to this matter, Zhang Jingsen, the "Political Affairs Councilor" of the administrative agency of the Democratic Progressive Party, said yesterday (7) that writing a thesis is academic research training, and Taiwan should no longer have such an "outdated and pedantic" saying that "master's classes must write a thesis". concept. Regarding whether to cancel the master's degree thesis, Tsai Qinghua, deputy director of Taiwan's education department, said that it will be carefully considered based on the opinions of all walks of life. This news sparked heated discussions and ignited the anger of a large number of netizens, who angrily criticized the DPP for "having to jump over the wall to come up with this trick."
Zhang Jingsen posted yesterday that writing a thesis is academic research training. Unless you are preparing to enter a doctoral program and engage in academic research, you can graduate after completing a master's program. It is not necessary to write a thesis for a "master's program". This is common sense in European and American universities. I understand, but I don’t know why Taiwan’s higher education sector is still in chaos? He said that we should no longer have the "outdated and pedantic" concept that "master's classes must write a thesis", and called on Taiwan's education department to "come on."
Regarding this, Tsai Ching-hua said at a press conference yesterday that there was a lot of discussion in this part and there were many paper formats. Taiwan’s education department will conduct academic review and discuss it based on the opinions of all walks of life.
This news sparked a heated discussion on the Internet. Taiwanese netizens said: "You are desperate to come up with this trick." "When it is Lin Zhijian's turn, it is not necessary to write a paper!" "The Democratic Progressive Party does not necessarily want democracy!" "Then "Why do you need schools and teachers to study?" "The level of the DPP is really low." "Does this mean that if you want to be a soldier, you don't necessarily have to do drills and touch the barrel of a gun? The problem now is that Lin Zhijian plagiarized and faked it to save one person. Is it right to lower the graduation threshold for masters and ? (Editor/Revised by Li Ning/Li Botao)
