Wikipedia talk:WikiProject China

In Zhongguo feng (music) there are nearly useless citations like this:

• Xin, Ying (2017). "Liu xing yin yue "zhongguo feng" jie xi Analysis of "Zhongguofeng" pop music". Luoyang Shi Fan Xue Yuan Xue Bao. 36 (7): 84–87.
• Li, Jia Hui; Wu, Qiong Yao (2015). "Tan xi wang luo shi yu xia zhong guo feng yin yue liu xing de yuan yin [Investigating the reasons for the popularity of "Zhongguo feng" popular music using a network perspective]". Xin Wen Shi Jie. 5: 169–171.
• Chen, He Wei. ""Zhongguo feng" yin yue yin fa de yan jiu yu she hui wen hua si kao [Research and sociocultural reflections triggered by "China Wind" music]". Dongnan Xueshu. 4: 169–171.

With no original script and no urls/DOIs, they don't google. Can anyone figure out what they should be, or tell me what copyediting template to slap? The original author who added them is long inactive _{Piotrus at Hanyang| reply here} 05:38, 10 May 2026 (UTC)

Though not uncommon, this type of citation is annoying for the reasons you say. In this case the editor even added spaces between every syllable instead of splitting words correctly, making it even harder to reconstruct the original titles.

Still, the translations help. A combination of educated guesses and online searches yields:

• 辛颖, 流行音乐“中国风”解析, 洛阳师范学院学报
• 李嘉蕙 and 吴琼瑶, 探析网络视域下中国风音乐流行的原因, 新闻世界
• 陈訸玮, “中国风”音乐引发的研究与社会文化思考, 东南学术

—Mx. Granger (talk · contribs) 15:22, 10 May 2026 (UTC)

@Mx. Granger Thank you. Could I trouble you to add that content, and any relevant URLs you found, to the article? _{Piotrus at Hanyang| reply here} 03:35, 15 May 2026 (UTC)

 Done —Mx. Granger (talk · contribs) 23:40, 24 May 2026 (UTC)

Within the section "In the People's Republic" of the He Long article, there's this sentence: "The Cultural Revolution followed soon after with the goal of purging communist and rightist leanings in China." which is without any source. The wording seems a bit off (possibly added by the original creator of the page?) so I decide to consult WP China again, as this is rated as a level-5 vital article and assessed to be of mid-importance on the project's importance scale. Bloody-pin (talk) 13:13, 26 May 2026 (UTC)

@Bloody-pin Thanks for raising this here. The Who Wrote That? tool shows that this sentence was added without a source, an explanation, or proper grammar by an IP editor two years ago: . I think it's safe to ignore and remove the obviously erroneous "purging communist" bit. Toadspike [Talk] 13:23, 26 May 2026 (UTC)

I've now removed that sentence. Toadspike [Talk] 13:28, 26 May 2026 (UTC)

Thank you. I now think that the sentence "He was accused of a mutiny in February 1964, after a Soviet Union trip with Zhou Enlai." is possibly bogus as well, as I've (easily) found a CIA document showing He Long being accused of the "February Mutiny" but in 1966 and not 1964, when he made the trip. Nothing much seem to have happened to He Long during those two years. Bloody-pin (talk) 14:38, 26 May 2026 (UTC)

Yep, that originated in a similar unsourced and unexplained IP edit . I'll go ahead and remove it. Toadspike [Talk] 13:52, 27 May 2026 (UTC)

I have nominated Cannon for a featured article review here. Please join the discussion on whether this article meets the featured article criteria, or help improve the article. Articles are typically reviewed for two weeks. If substantial concerns are not addressed during the review period, the article will be moved to the Featured Article Removal Candidates list for a further period, where editors may declare "Keep" or "Delist" in regard to the article's featured status (see review instructions). Z1720 (talk) 18:58, 26 May 2026 (UTC)

From my experience adding information and sources to the He Long article, each of their individual articles should have around 3,000 - 4,000 words at least for it to be considered comprehensive. I guess this is (somehow) a rather niche topic, since even the article about Marshal Chen Yi feels quite barren, despite him being a Vice Premier, long-time Foreign Minister (which should make him one of the most visible Chinese figures of that era) and "Shanghai czar" (also quite the notable posting). Bloody-pin (talk) 11:58, 28 May 2026 (UTC)

Yes, a lot of our coverage of Chinese politics, and Chinese topics more broadly, is very sparse. Anything you can do to improve that is appreciated! Toadspike [Talk] 14:56, 28 May 2026 (UTC)

Hello members of Wikiproject China! I'm an employee at Chagee, a global milk tea brand founded in Yunnan. I have suggested some improvements and additions to the History section of the page, but won't make the edits directly since I have a conflict of interest.

I'm reaching out here to see if any editors would be willing to take a look at my request on the Talk page, which improves sourcing for the section and adds some new information about Chagee's international expansion. My request includes a draft as well as a diff view of my proposed changes. Many thanks for your help! Hillaryjbrown (talk) 16:56, 28 May 2026 (UTC)

Please add additional sources, and then you may remove the tags. Thanks in advance. Bearian (talk) 02:31, 30 May 2026 (UTC)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:V2EX ChénWěi29 (talk) 17:23, 30 May 2026 (UTC)

A discussion is taking place as to whether the article Kàngrì is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.

The article is being discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kàngrì until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.

Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the AfD notice from the article until the discussion is closed.

—Mx. Granger (talk · contribs) 04:26, 4 June 2026 (UTC)

Hello WikiProject China editors,

I have declared a conflict of interest and submitted a COI edit request at Talk:Huagong Tech seeking factual corrections to the infobox.

The specific issues: 1. The "Owner" field still lists SASAC, which has been factually incorrect since March 2021 following a corporate restructuring 2. "State-owned enterprise" classification is outdated — the company is now a mixed-ownership enterprise

Both changes are supported by:

• The company's 2025 Annual Report filed with SZSE

(Filing No. 2026-09)

• The 2025 Q3 Report on cninfo.com.cn

A third opinion was previously sought and two concerns were raised; I responded with additional sources on 20 May 2026. The request has had no reviewer response since December 2025.

Any review would be greatly appreciated. Happy to answer questions. Tuotutiaoyue (talk) 02:08, 6 June 2026 (UTC)

Bumping this request — still awaiting a reviewer.

Any attention would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. Tuotutiaoyue (talk) 12:24, 14 June 2026 (UTC)

The article Bian Jinyang has been proposed for deletion because of the following concern:

Tagged for notability concerns and minimal sources for 10 years. No other language has a reliably sourced article from which to translate. Poorly sourced BLP.

You may prevent the proposed deletion by removing the {{proposed deletion/dated}} notice, but please explain why in your edit summary or on the article's talk page.

Please consider improving the page to address the issues raised. Removing {{proposed deletion/dated}} will stop the proposed deletion process, but other deletion processes exist. In particular, articles for deletion allows discussion to reach consensus for deletion based on established criteria.

If the proposed deletion has already been carried out, you may request undeletion of the article at any time. Bearian (talk) 05:10, 17 June 2026 (UTC)

You can see the draft at Draft:Foreign imperialism in China.

Fellow editors! Today I present my effort to consolidate and organize the entire history of foreign imperialism in China starting in the 1840s into one article. This was motivated by my own frustrations when trying to educate myself on the topic via Wikipedia and realizing that everything seemed scattered across many different pages.

I tried my best to write following the best conventions, and each section should be readable in grammar and prose. I also suggest the following actions per WP:MERGECON, which states that:

Some topics that are independently notable are best covered in the same article in order to better serve reader understanding. For example, if a short article requires the background material or context from a broader article in order for readers to understand it.

• Merge Scramble for China into this article. This period is best understood in the broader context of what happened before and what happened after. I have already bolded the text "Scramble for China" in this article in anticipation.
• Convert Foreign concessions in China into a list article.
• Convert Treaty ports into a list article. I have absorbed all of the details that describe and discuss the Chinese treaty ports. The Korean and Japanese sections can be coverted to tables.
  • Merge List of Chinese treaty ports into Treaty ports.
• Shorten Unequal treaties#China.
• Shorten Century of humiliation. However, this is still distinct from foreign imperialism and not equivalent.
• Shorten New Imperialism#China. As of writing, this section's prose is 1,486, which is very long for a single section.
• Shorten Western imperialism in Asia#Western European and Russian intrusions into China.

Of course, I will be happy to perform all of these changes myself if given consensus. Wasting time is still my passion (talk) 21:11, 17 June 2026 (UTC)

Hey WikiProject China, the Developing Countries WikiContest is back for a third year, and sign-ups are now open! The contest will run from 1 July to 30 September, and the objective remains the same: improve as many articles relating to developing countries as you can to help fight systemic bias on Wikipedia.

Thanks to everyone who answered the call for coordinators, and please welcome the new faces on the coordinator team: the 2024 Gold Belt Buckle winner Generalissima (talk · contribs); and the record-holder for most India-related submissions in 2024, Magentic Manifestations (talk · contribs)! Following feedback from last year, adjustments have been made to the scoring rules; discussion can be found on the contest talk page.

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This is a Good Article from zh wiki, recently translated by my student. I am concerned about the name - neither Yuhuan Guci nor the other alt name in the lead,changci , trigger any hits in Google Scholar. Could someone take a look? Machine translation from zh just gives me more Englishy names such as "Yuhuan Drum Lyrics, also known as "Singing Lyrics,"". which do no better in GS... _{Piotrus at Hanyang| reply here} 03:49, 23 June 2026 (UTC)

I think it's obscure enough that there's not much English-language coverage. A search for "Wenzhou guci" finds some hits on Google Scholar, but I can't find any reliable English-language coverage of Yuhuan guci under that translation or any other.

I would suggest moving the article to Yuhuan guci. —Mx. Granger (talk · contribs) 04:15, 23 June 2026 (UTC)

@Mx. Granger Thanks, I moved it to lower cap since that's the best (and good) suggestion so far. _{Piotrus at Hanyang| reply here} 04:47, 23 June 2026 (UTC)

Please address the multiple issues tagged, in particular by adding reliable sources. Thank you for your help. Bearian (talk) 02:39, 2 July 2026 (UTC)

At Wikipedia:Requested moves/Technical requests there is a request to change the title of Zhejiang Radio and Television Group to Zhejiang Media Group due to an apparent recent change to the company's name. This would be a "technical" move because the title Zhejiang Media Group is already used as a redirect elsewhere. Some assistance is needed because it appears that there was a different company called Zhejiang Media Group in the past, which is now known as Zhejiang Daily Press Group. If anyone here is willing to look into untranslated Chinese news sources, please advise on whether all these companies are connected, if the use of Zhejiang Media Group by two different companies is coincidental or not, and whether the original request is valid. Thank you. ---DOOMSDAYER520 (TALK|CONTRIBS) 13:49, 2 July 2026 (UTC)

I put a few feelers out but it looks like there are not many sources. Czarking0 (talk) 14:51, 2 July 2026 (UTC)

The requested Page Move has now expired with no change, due to inaction from the person who requested it. Regardless, the volunteers in this project could consider updating the articles for Zhejiang Radio and Television Group and Zhejiang Daily Press Group, with a focus on who used the name "Zhejiang Media Group" and when, because the whole saga is pretty confusing in the current articles. Thanks. ---DOOMSDAYER520 (TALK|CONTRIBS) 15:46, 4 July 2026 (UTC)

I recently enquired about the usage of varieties of English in China-related articles and particularly the (inconsistent) use of the Oxford comma in that article (Pinyin). As I am yet to receive a response, I realised that this might be a better place to enquire than there, especially with regards the former issue.

Thanks in advance, Minipotatoes00 (talk) 03:47, 5 July 2026 (UTC)

I noticed that all the Provinces of China have a gallery of things and locations from that province in their infobox (Henan for example. This seems clunky and cluttered to me; looking around, most top-level administrative divisions of countries do not have images in their infobox beyond the local seal/flag (not applicable for the Chinese provinces ofc) and maps. See for example Alberta, Texas, Bavaria, Kamchatka Krai, Minas Gerais, Tasmania, West Java, Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah, and Veneto.

I will admit this is not the case everywhere, especially in Africa and East Asia; Ethiopia (eg, Tigray Region, Japan (eg, Okinawa Prefecture), India (eg, West Bengal), South Korea (eg, South Chungcheong Province), and Mexico (eg, Yucatán) have either a gallery or one picture in the infoboxes for their top-level administrative divisions.

While this could go either way, I feel that the infoboxes become much more usable without the extra space taking up the screen. We can include plenty of images in the body of the article, without needing to cram them into the most visible spot at the expense of information. I'd like to hear what others think about this, however. Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 02:34, 16 July 2026 (UTC)

"Why do Chinese provinces have image galleries in their infoboxes?" - because someone, quite possibly the same person, or a couple, has added them. Some editors love to do this, and much prefer it to writing text, especially where they are not confident in their English. I bet you will rarely find any discussion on talk. As you say, India is equally afflicted. Be brutal. Johnbod (talk) 03:14, 16 July 2026 (UTC)

Is the source

Geiss, James (1998). "The Chia-ching reign, 1522-1566". In Mote, Frederick W.; Twitchett, Denis C (eds.). The Cambridge History of China. Volume 7, The Ming Dynasty 1368-1644, Part 1 (1st ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 440–510. ISBN 0521243335.

correct? Because the ISBN 0521243335 belongs to Volume 8, not Volume 7... Is the ISBN wrong, or is the title wrong? Does anyone have access to the source?? Calle Cool (talk) 06:14, 21 July 2026 (UTC)

@Min968: Perhaps you can help...--Calle Cool (talk) 06:16, 21 July 2026 (UTC)

That chapter is certainly in Vol 7. So I think the ISBN is wrong. The volume is available via WP:TWL:

• Full access available to users of The Wikipedia Library.

According to which, the ISBN is 978-0-521-24332-2, or in old money 0-521-24332-7. Cheers, SunloungerFrog (talk) 06:34, 21 July 2026 (UTC)

Then the year 1998 is also incorrect. 1998 matches Volume 8, but not Volume 7.--Calle Cool (talk) 06:53, 21 July 2026 (UTC)

It's curious that the online version actually says in the front matter "First published 1998 Reprinted 1990,1997, 2004, 2007" which is clearly a mistake. I think it was originally published in 1988, which is borne out by this book review. Cheers, SunloungerFrog (talk) 07:10, 21 July 2026 (UTC)

I have fixed it. It was a copy-and-paste mistake. Min968 (talk) 08:56, 21 July 2026 (UTC)

I read a inactive discussion page about this topic in the talk page of Cross-strait relations, and there was a user that noted there was a Chinese Wikipedia article about this subject matter, and another user suggested the name “Potential Chinese invasion of Taiwan” rather than “Chinese invasion of Taiwan”. The Chinese Wikipedia article has 190 references, and i think that every reference in the Chinese article should be in the English article, because all the existing references in the Chinese article are valuable. I think it would be good if there was a English Wikipedia article about this subject matter. This idea is also being discussed on Wikipedia:Teahouse. ~2026-41013-09 (talk) 14:50, 22 July 2026 (UTC)

This idea is also being discussed on WikiProject Taiwan. ~2026-41013-09 (talk) 14:55, 22 July 2026 (UTC)

I don't think it's a good idea to have pages based on hypothetical future events. Better to address these risks within the ambit of more concrete pages like Cross-strait relations. JArthur1984 (talk) 15:02, 22 July 2026 (UTC)

There is an indication on the Teahouse thread that IP is a blocked user engaged in repetitive activity. It is no longer clear to me whether this is a "real" proposal. JArthur1984 (talk) 19:09, 22 July 2026 (UTC)

The discussion on Talk:Cross-strait relations was whether to split that one. There was not a lot of participation, so a new discussion may reach a firmer consensus. CMD (talk) 15:16, 22 July 2026 (UTC)

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Leapmotor Lafa 5#Requested move 16 July 2026 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. 1isall (talk | contribs) 13:44, 23 July 2026 (UTC)