Recently, the “introduction of quick PhDs in universities” has become a hot topic on Chinese social media. First, the news that Shaoyang College in Hunan Province spent more than 18 million RMB to bring in 23 PhDs from Adamson University in the Philippines sparked public attention, and then “Xingtai College hired 13 female PhDs from South Korean universities” hit the top of Weibo’s trending search list. The media investigation found that “quick doctorate” has become an industry in China. On July 25, “Xingta
