the problem is that there are way too many Ph.D degrees awarded to people who obviously should not even in this buisness in the first place (one consequence is that too many people with Ph.D. can not even find a job). More that half of the Ph.D. end up in a "technician" position with a job that requires little creativity.
谢谢你的follow up,我同意这种要求会因学科而异,但问题是在中国这些不仅 仅是对自然学科的学生, 也不仅仅是对top school 的学生才有的要求,因此我认为它们“不合理”。要求高没有坏处,但太不合实际的高要求只能起到反作用。 And please let me make it very clear that I'm not at all "blaming" the schools for the plagerism in China! All I am saying is that some of the unrealistic pressures on these students and faculty members do not give them much choice if they want to meet these standards to graduate or be promoted. Maybe my use of words in the original writing wasn't too clear, so I have followed your advice to change it to "这种不合理的要求,也从一定程度上助长了中国学术界的学术腐败". Hope this clarifies my position.
Mr. Ge's major is chemistry so it is not appropirate to compare him with students in business school. The requirement for degrees in business may be different from natural science. For students to receive Ph.D. in science from top schools in US with 0 publication is most likely impossible. There may be no "requirement" written on paper but there is a "requirement" if you ask your boss for graduation. I don't see anything wrong for chinese universities setting the minimum bar in terms of publications. If someone wants to receive Ph.D., is it so much to ask for 2 papers in 5 years? If they can't make it then they are NOT deserved the degree. Enrolling in a Ph.D program will not guarantee the degree. In US, the chance for eventually getting the degree is 60-70% at best.
I also think it is absolutely unfair to blame the school or the system instead of the person who commits plagiarism. The school may set the bar too high but it is not the reason people should use to set their moral bar low.
You are right, Chemistry is not my field, but I did point out in the article, "很多美国的博士生在读书期间会合导师合作,有些也会在学习期间发表文章,有的还在顶级杂志发表文章(尤其是理工科的,这方面的可能性更多),这些成就会对博士生毕业找工作时有很大的帮助。", but that's different than "requiring" certain number of publications in order to graduate. I don't think many universities in the US have this kind of specific requirement, although they certainly "encourage" their PH. D students to engage in this kind of scholarly activities and publish during their study.
In my field, which is business, publication in top journals often take two to three years review cycle, therefore unlike disciplines like Chemistry or Biology, it is not very common for Ph. D. student to have journal publications by the time they graduate, especially at top journals. On the other hand, I have had some interactions with Ph. D. students in business field in China, and they too face the pressure to publish certain number of articles in order to graduate. Unlike the fields of science, the business research in China are just at the beginning stage, but many Ph. D. students do not have a clue about how to do real empirical studies, so many of them just struggle in order to meet these requirements. That's not realistic in my opinion.
I don't think you know much about earning a Ph.D. in US, at least in chemistry (Mr. Ge's major). In a top school, it is very common to spend 5 years and publish 3-4 good papers before getting the degree. Compared with this requirement, having Ph.D. in China is easier.