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i hope this is the right place to talk about this. i want to do a series of articles related with the phenomenon of chinese companies coming to US capital markets and being discovered to be frauds. firstly, does this violate npov? secondly, i want to list the articles that would be included:

• main article: US-listed Chinese companies through reverse take-over [or another title?]
• Short sellers of US-listed Chinese companies (including Muddy Waters Research, Citron Research, Alfred Little, &c.)
• certain companies that were frauds, like RINO, CCME, LFT, should all get an article and discuss what the fraud was, auditor resignations etc. SEC is investigating the auditor Deloitte in the Longtop (LFT) case.

does this seem like a good idea and should i just make them? where can i go for help with it from more experienced people?

also there seems to be no articles on Chinese SOEs. is that for a reason or should i make that a project as well?Happy monsoon day

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How many Ethnic Villages in China?--Kaiyr (talk) 18:28, 4 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

You have been asking this question for a really long time! The best academic study that I have found related to your question is this. Most of it is text, but there are a few interesting tables and graphs starting on page 23 that may be of special interest to you. On page 24 the paper states that the total number of all 55 ethnic minorities is 80 million people.Ferox Seneca (talk) 08:52, 12 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

file:Li Jing.jpg has been nominated for deletion -- 65.94.76.126 (talk) 07:01, 6 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Sure, guy can't even distinguish Li Jing vs. Ji Ling. Fail. Timmyshin (talk) 05:32, 7 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

file:HKeDOIcover.PNG has been nominated for deletion -- 65.94.76.126 (talk) 23:30, 7 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Check out Talk:Adoption of Chinese literary culture#Requested move, which is about the dispute over the concept's WP:COMMON name.--Ross Monroe (talk) 21:32, 10 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Manchu people: Revision history http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Manchu_people&curid=153021&action=history --Kaiyr (talk) 07:48, 12 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Can you tell us what we are supposed to be looking at here? Perhaps you are not looking for help in the right place, or in the right way?Ferox Seneca (talk) 08:17, 12 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Bodinmagosson http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Manchu_people&diff=554679235&oldid=554679148 without reason. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kaiyr (talk • contribs) 10:52, 12 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

It looks like you are having an edit war with an IP who is not making an effort to discuss the reason behind their edits. My advice is to attempt to discuss the issue on the article's talk page, and on the IP's talk page. If they do not respond after a few days, apply for semi-protection. If, after semi-protection has expired, the IP still edit wars and refuses to discuss the issue, apply to have him blocked.Ferox Seneca (talk) 05:16, 13 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I've initiated two (unrelated) move requests at Talk:Kumul, Xinjiang#Requested move and Talk:Rusticated Youth of China#Requested move. Your opinion will be appreciated. Best regards, -Zanhe (talk) 08:27, 12 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

See WP:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2013_May_12 where the category tree for the ROC is under discussion -- 65.94.76.126 (talk) 00:46, 13 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• The words bleed over each other.
• The light green is hardly visible in the cyan color. Possibly change the color.

I am unfamiliar on how to edit .svg files, sorry. Thanks, Marasama (talk) 20:03, 13 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

which colors? Can you indicate by what it stands for in the legend? (color picker eyedropper will also give you the colorvalue of which colors you mean)

The word bleed is caused by Wikipedia itself, it is not a problem inherent to the SVG. If you look at the original SVG image, instead of Wikipedia's rendering of the file, you see no overlapping text. Wikipedia uses a rendering engine to render the SVG into a rasterized PNG file that is used to display on webpages. That rendering engine is known cause problems like this. (Time to file another bug report)

-- 65.94.76.126 (talk) 06:02, 14 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

File:Auburn statue.jpg has been nominated for deletion -- 65.94.76.126 (talk) 06:07, 14 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

See talk:Restless (Faye Wong album) where this is again up for renaming -- 65.94.76.126 (talk) 11:47, 15 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

A bit of an emergency: An IP in these edits changed all the figures without providing a reference. Plus, there are all these photos I want to add to the table. Wholesale revert? I posted at article talk 23:29, 15 May 2013 but still no response. The page gets 1,000 hits a day, so I want to fix this problem fast. Please advise. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 00:11, 18 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Sourced info trumps unsourced info, right? Just find a source and change it.Ferox Seneca (talk) 05:05, 18 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I just can't find sources. I don't want to move the images into the table until this is resolved. How long should I wait for the IP to return and source his changes? Anna Frodesiak (talk) 06:17, 18 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I found a source here on the 2010 population of every city over 2 million people in China. It sources its information from the UN, and specifies exactly what definition of "city" the figures refer to. I can't find any more recent census data online. I think that if an IP adds something unsourced that you think is questionable and doesn't respond to requests to discuss the edit after 2-3 days, you are justified in reverting. If they disagree and want to discuss it, you can go from there.Ferox Seneca (talk) 18:04, 18 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for that.

I started a thread here: User talk:Qwyrxian#Massive.2C unsourced figure modifications to articles, but Q is very busy, so maybe we should centralize the discussion here, or (heaven forbid), ANI. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 21:01, 18 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Per your revert at Yangzhou, Jiangsu, Anna Frodesiak, if no one else objects, I will go through all the prefecture-level and county-level cities and mass revert. GotR ^Talk 22:00, 18 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Ashe is persisting against community consensus, please, let's please centralize discussions at the IP's talk page from now on. Many thanks, Anna Frodesiak (talk) 01:48, 19 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

GotR: Yes, fine by me. Revert as you see fit, but give this a read first in case it makes you change your mind: Talk:List of cities in China by population#The huge white space and string of IP edits. Cheers, Anna Frodesiak (talk) 11:00, 19 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

It's currently being disputed whether Manchukuo was a puppet state or not. At the moment, I'm trying to compile a list of books and academic papers that refer to Manchukuo as a "puppet state". If anyone would like to help with expanding the list, please add a few more sources to the list at Talk:Manchukuo#NPOV "puppet state". Thanks. -- 李博杰  | —Talk contribs email 02:35, 18 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Chinese thought has been nominated for deletion -- `65.94.76.126 (talk) 05:45, 20 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I nominated the film article to be part of the "Did you know..." project. I need your help on expanding either the novel or the film article (or copyediting it). There are sources to look at: [1] and [2]. To Google it, type "The Joy Luck Club" (film OR movie)inGoogle Books. --George Ho (talk) 08:05, 20 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

We need a Chinese Diaspora task force to properly tag things like this. Some editors remove WPCHINA from diaspora articles as they are not "in China" --- 65.94.76.126 (talk) 03:22, 21 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Qing Dynasty History has been nominated for deletion -- 65.94.76.126 (talk) 08:01, 22 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Review request for a review on the acupuncture page, first paragraph. See the Talk page, "Physical correlates of acupoints" section and "Physical correlates of acupoints, Part Two." I am concerned that an ethnocentric bias on the part of editors has prevented a simple edit. The editors stand by some very shaky references and will not accept references from the most prestigious universities in the world, including those in China. At issue, the current article reads inaccurately, "Scientific investigation has not found any histological or physiological correlates for traditional Chinese concepts such as qi, meridians and acupuncture points," and yet I have sourced numerous peer reviewed studies from reputable sources showing MRI brain activity, hemodynamic and oxygen pressure correlates. Please review.TriumvirateProtean (talk) 13:33, 22 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Please join the discussion on Talk:Nanjing Road (Shanghai)#Requested move. -Zanhe (talk) 15:06, 22 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Comments are welcome at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Cancer village in China.
—Wavelength (talk) 16:28, 24 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

This article appears to need either massive cleanup or deletion.--Wikimedes (talk) 08:42, 26 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

It seems that there's a lacking of balanced perspective in History of Siberia. Hopefully there will be someone who has more knowledge on Siberian history from the perspective of native Siberian (Manchurian, Mongolian, Xiongnu, etc) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.119.243.174 (talk) 22:36, 26 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The title of this article has to be changed into "International School of Qingdao (mti)" since this school has officially changed its name into International School of Qingdao in the fall of 2010. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Clara sooeun (talk • contribs) 12:06, 28 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Done. -Zanhe (talk) 12:24, 28 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Copied from WT:JAPAN -- 65.94.76.126 (talk) 07:31, 31 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

There is an ongoing discussion about amending Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Lead section to discourage listing non-English names of subjects in the lede sentence of articles, and to encourage moving them to an infobox or footnote. As I understand it, the current practice of WP:JAPAN is to use {{nihongo}} to include the Japanese name in the lede sentence, so this change may affect a large number of articles under your project. Your comments are welcome on the discussion at Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style/Lead section#Proposal: move most translations and transliterations from lead sentence to footnote. Thanks, quant18 (talk) 04:54, 27 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

This also concerns usage of Chinese, so you may be interested -- 65.94.76.126 (talk) 07:31, 31 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

InNorth China Daily News I see a discrepancy in the English names

InTalk:North China Daily News I noted "This says 李德立 was R.W. Bob Little but the Chinese article zh:李德立 says it was "Edward Selby Little""

WhisperToMe (talk) 15:47, 4 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hong Kong has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article.--FutureTrillionaire (talk) 16:57, 8 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Macau has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article.--FutureTrillionaire (talk) 17:03, 8 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

List of political parties in the Republic of China has been proposed to be renamed, see talk:List of political parties in the Republic of China -- 65.94.79.6 (talk) 08:18, 15 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

neds2b i/HANYUPY.[idunkar owtwas50yrs.ago-dinosauurs!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 140.117.120.229 (talk) 08:17, 17 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

commons:File:Jiuquan Satellite Lauch Center assembly tower, China.JPG has been deleted, so, articles using File:Jiuquan Satellite Lauch Center assembly tower, China.JPG will need to be fixed either by replacement image or removal of the image link. -- 65.94.79.6 (talk) 06:12, 18 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

History of Hong Kong (1800s–1930s), an article that you or your project may be interested in, has been nominated for an individual good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article.--FutureTrillionaire (talk) 17:04, 18 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Several variants of the Oracle bone script characters have been nominated for deletion at Wikipedia:Files for deletion/2013 June 18 -- 65.94.79.6 (talk) 23:07, 18 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

See Talk:Lì (chinese surname) for a mess regarding various Lee/Li surnames. -- 65.94.79.6 (talk) 04:11, 21 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Can someone fix all the incoming links to Li (surname), now that a couple of the articles have been renamed? They need to be repointed to the correct Li/Lee/etc article, instead of the overview article. -- 65.94.79.6 (talk) 07:42, 3 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

See discussions at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Disambiguation#Chinese names and Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Anthroponymy#Chinese names -- 65.94.79.6 (talk) 00:12, 22 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

file:Aisg.history.jpg has been nominated for deletino -- 65.94.79.6 (talk) 10:07, 23 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Some Geography of Tibet categories are up for discussion, see Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2013_June_23 -- 65.94.79.6 (talk) 04:37, 24 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Do you know of any sources that discuss Japanese names as they are rendered in Chinese? Thanks WhisperToMe (talk) 05:58, 26 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

My watching of CCTV shows names that solely use kanja are converted into their equivalent hanzi form and read accordingly. GotR ^Talk 06:06, 26 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Yes- the Japanese kanji are pronounced with Chinese hanzi, like 山田 太郎 is pronounced Shāntián Tàiláng in Chinese. And AFAIK the Chinese pick characters if part of the Japanese name is kana. But what I need is a reference that says it explicitly. WhisperToMe (talk) 06:17, 26 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

File:Fang Xianjue.jpg was nominated for deletion -- 65.94.79.6 (talk) 01:58, 30 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The usage of Military of China is up for discussion, see talk:Military of China -- 65.94.79.6 (talk) 03:46, 2 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Right now Qin (surname) and Qin (last name) lead to different articles, Qin (surname meaning "ash tree") and Qin (surname meaning "zither") respectively. So, this is another set of articles, with the same problem as "Li" -- 65.94.79.6 (talk) 05:30, 2 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Please don't make us go back to that again. _dk (talk) 05:56, 2 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]