I was there when PY was given his PhD, which prompted him to call himself "Dr Young" for several years (as referred to in the above post), until he found himself a new title (Lama).
The PhD was given to him by a Chinese friend of his who ran some kind of education establishment in the USA.
If you know something about education in the USA you will know that these establishments basically only have satisfy financial criteria in order to award whatever certificates they want.
Needless to say this establishment had no real standing or recognition of any kind. I can't find any trace of it on the internet now.
This friend of his gave PY the PhD, because PY hosted this friend for a weekend in the UK.
That's it. That's the only reason he has a PhD.
PY hosted a friend for a weekend.
The PhD is not worth the paper it was printed on, and for PY to call himself "Dr" for many years as a result, once again shows how deceptive he is.
It also shows how little respect PY has for any title or honorific.
Many people work for years to get a PhD. He hosted a friend for the weekend, and had no shame in claiming the honour.
Amongst the military, this is called "stolen valour".
I saw this happen myself, directly, and was astonished when PY started to call himself "Dr" the following week, changing his business cards to relfect the new title.
PY's use of "Lama" and "Rinpoche" follow the same pattern.
The PhD was given to him by a Chinese friend of his who ran some kind of education establishment in the USA.
If you know something about education in the USA you will know that these establishments basically only have satisfy financial criteria in order to award whatever certificates they want.
Needless to say this establishment had no real standing or recognition of any kind. I can't find any trace of it on the internet now.
This friend of his gave PY the PhD, because PY hosted this friend for a weekend in the UK.
That's it. That's the only reason he has a PhD.
PY hosted a friend for a weekend.
The PhD is not worth the paper it was printed on, and for PY to call himself "Dr" for many years as a result, once again shows how deceptive he is.
It also shows how little respect PY has for any title or honorific.
Many people work for years to get a PhD. He hosted a friend for the weekend, and had no shame in claiming the honour.
Amongst the military, this is called "stolen valour".
I saw this happen myself, directly, and was astonished when PY started to call himself "Dr" the following week, changing his business cards to relfect the new title.
PY's use of "Lama" and "Rinpoche" follow the same pattern.