AdvertisementPlagiarism Plague Hinders China's Scientific AmbitionAugust 03, 2011Louisa LimfacebookEmailHelen Zhang's University of Zhejiang scientific journal was the first in China to use CrossCheck text analysis software to scan for plagiarism. She discovered that over a two-year period, 31 percent of all papers showed unreasonable copying or plagiarism. The results are a symbol of the country's uphill battle to become a global leader in innovative scientific thought. (NPR)