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another high-profile plagiarism row is blowing up in Chinese social media... at the centre of it is Zhong Shu, the podcaster known for the Nolan interview. basically people are discovering that many of her episodes (which are monologues) are repackaged translation of

articles and podcasts in English, often from conservative & far right commentators, without attribution. the most recent example is her Caixin column article on AI, the first two paragraphs are almost identical to a The Atlantic article. there's even a github podcastreview.github.io/index.html

site documenting the ongoing investigation. the whole phenomenon has been quite fascinating - both her rise to fame (running a hugely popular podcast translating American conservatism for Chinese audience) and the ongoing downfall.

I mean I think translation is a lot of work actually even with AI, but the problem is non-attribution, and the educated Chinese digital public apparently have higher standards of intellectual integrity these days.