 Some international scholars and weblog authors have come to Wang's defense, noting that this is mostly a case of sloppy citation practice, not actual plagiarism.A letter signed by 96 scholars addressing to the authority of Tsinghua University endorsing Wang Hui's scholarly integrity was made public on 9 July.Most of the passages highlighted by Wang Binbin did actually have citations to the original works, asking readers to "consult" those works.