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"Nice clothes" edit
This isn't a problem at the DYK level, but this bit reads a little more like a children's book than an encyclopedia article (no disrespect to the author intended: I've written similarly silly passages while not paying attention to what I was doing). I'd suggest "formal", "expensive", or even "westernized"; but I cannot read the original source. Vanamonde (Talk) 01:40, 25 February 2019 (UTC)
- @Vanamonde93: Thanks for the advice, no offence taken. The CUHK website is having technical issues right now and I cannot double check the source, but I remember the original Chinese term simply means nice or fancy in a more formal tone, but not necessarily expensive or formal. Unfortunately it's hard to find an English word that's equivalent both in meaning and tone. I will try to rephrase it once the website is back up again. -Zanhe (talk) 01:51, 25 February 2019 (UTC)
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Reviewer: Vanamonde93 (talk · contribs) 21:11, 14 September 2019 (UTC)
I'll take this. Vanamonde (Talk) 21:11, 14 September 2019 (UTC)
- @Zanhe: I've essentially finished, just so you know. Since you're usually very active, I won't bother putting it on hold. Vanamonde (Talk) 03:34, 15 September 2019 (UTC)
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- You wouldn't happen to know at what level his father studied/graduated abroad?
- "the resistance" is ambiguous to someone not well-versed in local history; I assume it's resistence to the Japanese; could you explain, and possibly link?
- Yes, "resistance" in the context of WWII usually refers to anti-Axis resistance, and anti-Japanese in China. War of Resistance is a redirect to Second Sino-Japanese War. I've added "anti-Japanese" for clarification. -Zanhe (talk) 05:19, 22 September 2019 (UTC)
- "and perfected his English" is the implication that he learned his English from the Americans? If so, you should tweak to say that; right now, he could be perfecting it elsewhere. I'd suggest "where" in place of "and".
- The school he attended in Shanghai (St. Francis Xavier's College) was a Catholic school that taught in English, and he then perfected his English through interaction with American soldiers. I've added a bit of explanation to the text. -Zanhe (talk) 05:19, 22 September 2019 (UTC)
- "Soviet experts" of what? It's an odd phrase without further explanation.
- After the Communists took over China, the Soviet Union provided assistance to the PRC in many areas. The people they sent over to help are collectively called "Soviet experts". See the book China Learns from the Soviet Union, for example. Unfortunately there's no article to link to and I think explanation of this historical background is out of the scope of the article. -Zanhe (talk) 05:19, 22 September 2019 (UTC)
- This still bothers me a little. How about "Soviet government representatives", since they're clearly being sent at the behest of the government?
- @Vanamonde93: I understand it may sound a bit strange to someone unfamiliar with the background, but "Soviet experts" is the standard term in literature (a less common term is "Soviet specialists"). "Government representatives" is a bit misleading as it sounds as if they had been mainly bureaucrats, while in fact most of them were engineers and technicians. I've now changed "experts" to "technical specialists", hopefully that'll clarify things a bit. -Zanhe (talk) 23:45, 22 September 2019 (UTC)
- This still bothers me a little. How about "Soviet government representatives", since they're clearly being sent at the behest of the government?
- After the Communists took over China, the Soviet Union provided assistance to the PRC in many areas. The people they sent over to help are collectively called "Soviet experts". See the book China Learns from the Soviet Union, for example. Unfortunately there's no article to link to and I think explanation of this historical background is out of the scope of the article. -Zanhe (talk) 05:19, 22 September 2019 (UTC)
- There is some chronological back-and-forth in the last two paragraphs of PRC. I'd suggest reworking the first sentece of the last paragraph into the previous, so that it flows better. I can do this if you'd like.
- Do we know when he got married and what his wife's name was?
- "wanted to take him as well" there's no other country that seems to want to take him at this point, so the "as well" is weird; why not just "US offered him asylum"?
- Was his mother's death a result of bad treatment because of his defection? If not, this needs some adjustment.
- I would drop the "prominent" in "prominent author". It's one of those terms that seem very meaningful at first, but doesn't really add information.
- Is he coauthoring books with the same wife who denounced him and then went to prison when he fled? This is strange enough that some explanation would be nice...
- Can you explain what the Chinese sources are, just for my personal satisfaction? There's only four, but they are the meat of the sourcing, and I can't read any of them.
- The CUHK source is an article published in a magazine and collected by the Chinese University of Hong Kong as part of its people's history project. CAC News is the website of a Chinese-Canadian newspaper. The Paper is a major Chinese news site, and Sina is a major Chinese news portal, although the article was originally published in the newspaper Shidai Weekly. -Zanhe (talk) 06:14, 22 September 2019 (UTC)
- @Vanamonde93: Thanks for your review. I have a few unfinished articles to complete, and will try to address the issues in a few days. Thanks for your patience. -Zanhe (talk) 23:17, 17 September 2019 (UTC)
- @Vanamonde93: Sorry about the delay and thanks again for your patience. I've responded to your comments above the best I could. Please let me know if you have any further questions. -Zanhe (talk) 06:22, 22 September 2019 (UTC)