A Nanjing University professor found guilty of plagiarism last month has now been stripped of one of the country’s highest tertiary-level honors, The Paper reported Sunday.

China’s Ministry of Education told The Paper that Liang Ying has been expelled from the prestigious Changjiang Scholars Program, following the sociology professor's dismissal from her teaching post for plagiarizing academic articles. In September of last year, the education ministry had announced that recipients could have their titles revoked for plagiarism or for violating teaching or research ethics.

In recent months, another Nanjing University professor was also removed from the program, while a Sun Yat-sen University professor had his application for the award canceled. Both instances were due to sexual harassment complaints. (Image: @央视新闻 on Weibo)