Zhai Tianlin
Zhai Tianlin is a Chinese actor. He received a bachelor’s degree in acting from the Performing Arts School at the Beijing Film Academy in 2006, completed a master’s degree in acting in 2013, and earned his PhD in film studies in 2018.
In February 2019, questions arose regarding the validity of Zhai’s doctoral work after he was publicly unable to identify CNKI, China’s main academic database, during a livestreaming. The Beijing Film Academy subsequently established an investigation committee, and on 19 February 2019 his PhD degree was revoked for plagiarism. Following the scandal, Zhai has been effectively blacklisted from film and television in China.