Lack of originality root cause of scandal

On the 110th anniversary of its founding, Shanghai-based Fudan University released their new official publicity video To My Light, yet it was widely seen as being derivative of Explorer, a publicity video released by the University of Tokyo in 2014. Teng Yudong, the producer, said they used Explorer as "a main reference", while Fudan University later responded it suspects plagiarism and they are investigating. Comments:

Opting to deal with the plagiarism reflects Fudan's credit and shows what kind of values the university holds. If Teng is confirmed to have plagiarized the University of Tokyo video, he should be punished and Fudan needs to apologize for using this video without checking. Or who will trust graduates or scholars from the university?

Beijing News, May 30