Visiting professor at NUS Business School called out in China as fraud with fake credentials

[GaoFar]

An academic from China, who is a visiting professor at the National University of Singapore Business School, has been called out as a fraud in her home country.

News of her allegedly faking her academic credentials to land jobs at prestigious institutions of higher learning were reported by the South China Morning Post.

A check with the NUS website revealed that Professor Chen Chunhua, 58, is no longer listed and her profile appeared to have been removed.

In response to Mothership‘s queries, an NUS Business School spokesperson said: “We hold our faculty to the highest standards and are conducting a review of the adjunct faculty member’s credentials. The faculty member will not be teaching any modules pending our review.”

Why public fact-checked her​

Chen, who is from Peking University, a leading university in China, allegedly has a degree from a fake university in Europe and pretended to be a “military adviser” for tech firm Huawei.

Members of the public in China fact-checked her declared qualifications after Huawei issued a public statement denying Chen's claims of her ties to the company and its founder Ren Zhengfei.

This announcement kickstarted the intense public scrutiny a few weeks ago.

Huawei says it’s all fake​

“Huawei does not know her, and it is impossible for her to know Huawei,” the tech company said on July 6.

The company said it noticed “over 10,000 online articles”, with some referring to her as a “Huawei military adviser”, and even featuring Chen’s comments on the company.

It was even written that she met Ren.

Huawei called these articles “false information”.

Odd anecdote​

The oddest anecdote stemmed from Chen supposedly recalling an alleged meeting she had with Ren.

This anecdote appeared in one popular article written by Chen published in early 2017.

She even went as far as to claim that Ren, the Huawei founder, acted as her driver after he insisted on picking her up personally.

Chen responded with her own statement after the Huawei statement was released.

She claimed that most of the articles that mentioned her and Huawei were not written by her.

She also claimed that the company was just a case study for her work.

What public found​

The online sleuths who dug into Chen's background found that her doctoral degree was issued by an unlicensed university two decades ago.

The academic supposedly obtained a doctorate of business administration (DBA) from the European University of Ireland in 2001.

But the organisation has no website and is not one of 25 legitimate Irish universities the Chinese education ministry acknowledges.

The Irish Times reported in 2011 that the “university” operated without official approval from a Dublin address and had no office, according to SCMP.

In 2005, Chen went on to do postdoctoral research at Nanjing University, according to her own bio details.

She was even included in Fortune’s China’s 25 Most Influential Businesswomen Leaders list for four consecutive years from 2015 to 2018.

Besides her stint at NUS, Chen is also dean of Beijing International MBA (BiMBA) Business School at Peking University, as well as a professor and doctoral supervisor at the School of Business Administration of the South China University of Technology.

The issue of academic fraud has frustrated people in China, as there is intense pressure to enter top schools, while examinations can be life-altering experiences.

https://mothership.sg/2022/07/chen-chunhua/

 

[poore]

well done NUS

 

[eatshitndie]

can’t fool tiongs thus can fool sinkies.

 

[SBFNews]

well done NUS

can’t fool tiongs thus can fool sinkies.

PAP IS A JOKE

 

[maxsanic]

This Chen Chunhua is a typical "corporatized" academic - there are plenty of such fraudsters around. The modus operandi for such borderline academics is to latch on to a hot company or business leader, then spin some fancy story and business model surrounding that company / leader to move into the corporate coaching and consulting space.

After that they start marketing themselves as XX guru and propel their personal branding in the private sector while maintaining a façade of being an academic in well-known universities. A lot of times the universities are aware of it but choose to close one eye as having a business world "well-respected" guru in your faculty helps in the school's branding as well.

Common companies and busines leaders in the past that are favorites for such leachers include GE (Welch), Dell, Berkshire (Buffett), Apple (Jobs) Google, Toyota, Nissan (Ghosn) and more recently China companies like Haier, Alibaba (Ma) and now Huawei.

During my corporate days, I have been forced to attend my fair share of workshops and coaching sessions by these jokers due to ignorant HR and have only disdain for them. Almost all of them like to present simplistic but unrealistic business/leadership models, speak in generics and name drop (i.e. throwing hints throughout of being acquainted with all sorts of important people).

These jokers don't even look like they can run a pasar malam stall successfully and yet unabashedly speak as though companies and CEOs are successful because of insightful consulting from them. Expensive and useless sums them up.

 

[Devil Within]

She can continue to teach in NUS about how to cheat and steal and name her course Master in Fruadulant practice.

 

[A Singaporean]

It's an honest mistake.Lets move on. No difference from the CECAs already here.

 

[GaoFar]

 

[laksaboy]

Fake it till you make it, goes the adage. And in Sinkieland, many can make it.

 

[batman1]

Just the tip of iceberg lah. If really want to check,check the CECA CVs,that wll be the pandora'sbox. But everone keep quiet,good for everyone.Win-win situation for Employers and MOM. Everything perfect,swept the dust under the carpet.

 

[mako65]

Fraudsters should be trialled in front of the firing squad!

 

[eatshitndie]

many ktv atb’s who cannot get pr after marrying loser sinkie unkers are “studying” for their mba taught in chinese language “post-grad” centers. chances of getting sinkie pr are higher if they obtain a “master” degree, or some say “mistress” degree.

 

[orh mee suah]

Chen Chunhua was awarded “China’s 25 Most Influential Business Women Leaders” by Fortune?
A CIA mole ?

 

[blackmondy]

Everything from Tiong-Cock is fake and fraud except for the Wuhan virus !

 

[Patriotmissile]

Ching chongs, vietcongs, pinoys and ceca.

 

[syed putra]

Worse than indians!
These two races deserve each other!

 

[laksaboy]

The only good thing about NUS is the watermelon juice sold in its central canteen.

 

[laksaboy]

Ching chongs, vietcongs, pinoys and ceca.

Thais too.

 

[laksaboy]

many ktv atb’s who cannot get pr after marrying loser sinkie unkers are “studying” for their mba taught in chinese language “post-grad” centers. chances of getting sinkie pr are higher if they obtain a “master” degree, or some say “mistress” degree.

Most of the ATBs I know are Sinkie PRs. The hurdle for getting Sinkie citizenship is much higher, which they may or may not want.

 

[mojito]

This Chen Chunhua is a typical "corporatized" academic - there are plenty of such fraudsters around. The modus operandi for such borderline academics is to latch on to a hot company or business leader, then spin some fancy story and business model surrounding that company / leader to move into the corporate coaching and consulting space.

After that they start marketing themselves as XX guru and propel their personal branding in the private sector while maintaining a façade of being an academic in well-known universities. A lot of times the universities are aware of it but choose to close one eye as having a business world "well-respected" guru in your faculty helps in the school's branding as well.

Common companies and busines leaders in the past that are favorites for such leachers include GE (Welch), Dell, Berkshire (Buffett), Apple (Jobs) Google, Toyota, Nissan (Ghosn) and more recently China companies like Haier, Alibaba (Ma) and now Huawei.

During my corporate days, I have been forced to attend my fair share of workshops and coaching sessions by these jokers due to ignorant HR and have only disdain for them. Almost all of them like to present simplistic but unrealistic business/leadership models, speak in generics and name drop (i.e. throwing hints throughout of being acquainted with all sorts of important people).

These jokers don't even look like they can run a pasar malam stall successfully and yet unabashedly speak as though companies and CEOs are successful because of insightful consulting from them. Expensive and useless sums them up.

Wait till you hear your ministers speak.