It was not that I dared not admit. It was that I did not think I was plagiarizing at all... because I did not copy the sentences, but I was just summarizing the article. In the process of summarizing, I added my own understanding and ideas. Therefore, I think that is not plagiarism.(Student C4)
This indicates that Chinese students may have different understandings of what actions constitute plagiarism. This non-Western understanding of plagiarism can be further evidenced in another interviewee’s reflections on his high school experience in the US.