Wu Di (film critic and historian)
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Wu Di is a film critic and historian based in Beijing. He is the author of the definitive history of the Cultural Revolution
in the Chinese autonomous region of Inner Mongolia, as well as editor of a major collection of archival material documenting the development of the film medium in Mao Zedong’s China. He caused somewhat of a stir in Chinese academic circles in the winter of 2006-2007 when he published, in the journal Contemporary Cinema (《当代电影》), a powerful critique of plagiarism and declining ethical standards in China's sectors of higher education and film research. In 2007, he founded the Academic Anti-Corruption Work Office, a non-profit organization
(NPO) that supports the exposure and "outing" of members of China's social science and humanities community practicing plagiarism.
In September 2008, together with He Shu
, Wu Di launched the electronic journal Remembrance (《记忆》), currently the only PRC publication of its kind, devoted exclusively to publishing and promoting academic research on the Cultural Revolution.
Cultural Revolution
The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, commonly known as the Cultural Revolution , was a socio-political movement that took place in the People's Republic of China from 1966 through 1976...
in the Chinese autonomous region of Inner Mongolia, as well as editor of a major collection of archival material documenting the development of the film medium in Mao Zedong’s China. He caused somewhat of a stir in Chinese academic circles in the winter of 2006-2007 when he published, in the journal Contemporary Cinema (《当代电影》), a powerful critique of plagiarism and declining ethical standards in China's sectors of higher education and film research. In 2007, he founded the Academic Anti-Corruption Work Office, a non-profit organization
Non-profit organization
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(NPO) that supports the exposure and "outing" of members of China's social science and humanities community practicing plagiarism.
In September 2008, together with He Shu
He Shu
He Shu is a magazine editor and historian of the Chinese Cultural Revolution. Barred from entering high school in 1964 because of his father’s ”rightism”, he ended up becoming a temporary contract laborer. In 1972, permanently employed as a worker in the Chongqing Steel Plant...
, Wu Di launched the electronic journal Remembrance (《记忆》), currently the only PRC publication of its kind, devoted exclusively to publishing and promoting academic research on the Cultural Revolution.