Would The Real Professor Please Stand Up

A rather funny (not funny hah hah) account of a 'debate' that recently aired on Phoenix TV where the validity of a Peking University professor's claim to being.. well.. a professor at all were called into question. It all very nearly came to blows.

As per usual, ESWN does a great job of translating some of the behind-the-scenes commentaries of what went down. Bizarre fraud in the PRC.

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